Want an Oscar? Fill Out This Diversity Form

The initiative rankles some members, who see it as an intrusion into the artistic process. But after undertaking a years-long effort to diversify its membership, it’s clear the Academy wants to do more to bring about change.

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Matthew Belloni

October 11, 2021

Here it is, the document that members of the Motion Picture Academy have been waiting to see, the long-in-development, highly debated, bound-to-be-controversial “Academy Inclusion Standards” form. It hasn’t been disseminated to the membership yet, but someone slipped it to me, and I know a lot of Academy members read What I’m Hearing…, so I’m passing along a couple screenshots.