Industry insiders slammed the Academy for going forward with its latest shake-up of the dwindling awards show that calls on films to hire more black, gay and disabled actors and crew by 2024 in order to be considered for Best Picture. The Academy passed its Aperture 2025 initiative in 2020, five years after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in order to promote more diversity in the industry, but the move has been underfired ever since. The initiative was spearheaded by black filmmaker Ava DuVernay and developed by the academy to set criteria that included diversifying nearly every aspect of a movie, from cast and crew to production, marketing, financing, distribution and even internships by 30 percent.
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