This year, the Oscar Academy is making impressive effort to diversify its members, by inviting 928 new people from 59 countries – 49% of which are women and 38% of which are people of colour – and one of those who received an invitation is Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde.
Omotola who was cited for her work in Last Flight To Abuja and A Private Storm, joins an impressive list of invitees, which includes Kendrick Lamar, Gidi Blues’s director, Femi Odugbemi, Black Panther stars, Danai Gurira and Daniel Kaluuya, and British-Nigerian, Wunmi Mosaku.
With this record-breaking move, the largest in the organization’s history, the percentage of women in the Academy has now risen from 25% in 2015 to 31%; while for people of colour, it has risen from 8% in 2015 to 16%. Although not all invitees will accept their invitation, most will.
(Photo: AMPAS)
(Photo: AMPAS)
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