LONDON, Mar 3: Actress Geena Davis says Hollywood is doing a bad job with women and a “horrible” job with women of colour” in terms of opportunities.
Following the controversy surrounding the lack of diversity in the nominations at this year’s Academy Awards, the 60-year-old actress has called out the film industry in America for not creating worthwhile roles for non-white actresses, reported The Guardian.
“There are so few opportunities for women of colour that they barely register in the research (into the numbers of women in film and TV). We are doing a bad job with women and a horrible job with women of colour,” she said.
“There are female actors nominated for the Oscars because we divide by gender – if it were one category for best performance, we would have a really hard time. But the Oscars are emblematic of a deep-seated problem – really, it’s about the product being put out by Hollywood. Most profoundly, it’s what is made that needs to change. People are unaware of the extent of their bias- it’s unconscious.” (PTI)
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