Hollywood weighs how to foster lasting Black inclusion

NEW YORK - Hollywood came under intense scrutiny for a lack of diversity in 2015 when the #OscarsSoWhite movement spotlighted the dearth of Black nominees for the film industry’s highest honors.

Following the mass protests after the death of African American George Floyd in US police custody, the entertainment business faces new criticism for failing to do enough to include Black people in front of and behind the camera. Reuters asked actors, directors, writers and producers what changes they would like to see in response to the renewed push for racial equality in the United States. Below are their replies, edited for length and clarity.“I’d like to see more ownership in Hollywood. I’d like to see African Americans get better deals, negotiate better deals, have the ability to negotiate better deals.

I don’t want to be part of the problem, and if I’m in a position where I can do anything to rectify that, I have to do that. It’s the right thing to do. It’s not even the right thing to do, it’s the best thing to do. It just makes for better storytelling.

“I hope that the studios strike while the iron is hot. I don’t want to see a plethora of resistance films a year from now, where there’s some interracial couple who find love at a protest or some crap. I think there are much deeper stories that need to be told.”“I hope we can continue to have a lot more diversity, that we tell all stories instead of just a select group. I think that this will be, I hope, really positive for Hollywood.

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