BAFTA Names Steering Group To Tackle Diversity Issues
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deadline.comBy Tom Grater International Film Reporter BAFTA has named a 12-strong steering group that will lead a review of its voting processes in a bid to address a lack of diversity in its nominations.
This year, the awards body caught flak for unveiling a crop of nominations featuring no non-white actors and an all-male director field.
This led the body to contact its membership expressing the “frustrating” lack of diversity. Deadline broke the news that BAFTA was set to conduct a “thorough review” of its procedures in response to the #BAFTAsSoWhite backlash and calls from orgs including Directors UK to address the issue.
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