How can you make award shows like the Oscars more diverse?
Award shows are criticised year after year for very white (and male) nominees and winners.
It’s awards season. We’re talking Grammy’s, Golden Globes, Emmy’s and the Oscars. But, as usual, there’s been controversy about how diverse the nominees and winners are. After Barbie’s director Greta Gerwig was snubbed for the Best Director nomination, it’s got people talking.
The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s culture reporter Noor Nanji talks us through some of the times when awards shows failed in diversity and the ways they are trying to fix it. We get the inside track on how the Grammy nominations work, from recording academy member Navjosh Singh.
And the founder of Diversity in Cannes, Yolonda Brinkley, tells us how she thinks the film industry needs to change.
Also, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Kostas Kallergis explains what’s behind Greece’s recent decision to legalise same sex marriage.
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