The Academy elects DuVernay to diversify the board, following OscarsSoWhite movement.
NEW MEBER. 'Selma' director Ava DuVernay has been elected as a board member in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Screenshot from Instagram/@avadirector Ava DuVernay on Wednesday, June 10 as it slightly increased its number of female and black governors.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has repeatedly been hit with criticism in recent years for a lack of diversity both among its members, and among the Oscar nominees and winners they select. "As a result of this election, the number of female Academy governors increases from 25 to 26, and people of color increases from 11 to 12, including the three Governors-at-Large," the Academy said in a statement.
DuVernay's election comes well after the #OscarsSoWhite movement was launched in January 2015 in response to the Academy picking an all-white slate of nominees – the same year
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