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BAFTA Chair Describes ‘Collective Grief’ Ahead of Diversity Review Publication

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Naman Ramachandran BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar has described the “collective grief” experienced by him and members of the academy, during meetings that are part of its wide-ranging diversity review stemming from a not very diverse pool of 2020 film award nominations.“I chaired the majority of the 50 plus meetings, and some were a very emotional experience,” wrote Majumdar in a letter to BAFTA members. “In several meetings I broke down and wept as I heard some of the stories of how some people had been treated by the industry.

The collective grief was overwhelming and a strong picture emerged of the lost generation of people of color, careers and lives blighted by racism.

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