'It’s part of why that film didn’t get everything that people think it should’ve got and it birthed #OscarsSoWhite,' said actor David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 film
coincided with Eric Garner being murdered. That was the last time we were in a place of ‘I Can’t Breathe.’ I remember at the premiere of“Members of the Academy called in to the studio and [said to] our producers saying, ‘How dare they do that? Why are they stirring s---?’ and ‘We are not going to vote for that film because we do not think it is their place to be doing that.
,” he continued. “They used their privilege to deny a film on the basis of what they valued in the world.”received two Academy Award nominations in 2015, one for Best Picture and one for Best Original Song. Both Oyelowo and director , who would have become the first black woman nominated in the Best Director category, were snubbed. That year, all 20 acting nominees were white.
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