BAFTA Chair Says He “Broke Down And Wept” In Diversity Meetings With Members
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deadline.comTom Grater International Film ReporterBAFTA Chair Krishnendu Majumdar has said that the org’s recent interrogation of its record on diversity has been an “emotional experience”, and that certain meetings left him in tears when he heard about how members from minority backrgounds had been treated by the industry.“I chaired the majority of the 50+ meetings and some were a very emotional experience,” he wrote in a letter to BAFTA members today. “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.
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