As a governor at large for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences,
DeVon Franklin has been at the forefront of the organization’s efforts to be more inclusive and equitable for creatives of color.
Six years after #OscarsSoWhite sparked a national conversation about the way the Oscars recognizes Black talent, the Academy remains committed to changing its rep.
theGrio’s Entertainment Director
Cortney Wills spoke to the longtime producer about the voting process, the changes being made, and this year’s nominees on this week’s episode of
Acting Up.
Producer DeVon Franklin attends a special New York screening of ‘Breakthrough’ at The Sheen Center on March 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
April 23, 2021
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has realized the only way to properly honor a very abnormal year for movies is to put on an equally abnormal award show. The result is sure to be unlike any Oscars you’ve ever seen.
That’s why it picked Steven Soderbergh, the renowned experimental director of films like
Sex, Lies, and Videotape and
Contagion, to be one of the producers of this year’s Oscars. He has vowed to eschew many of the ceremony’s staid traditions and make the broadcast look like an actual movie. It will be shot in 24 frames per second (as opposed to the usual 30) in a widescreen format, to give the night a cinematic feel.
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Verizon Aims to Give Oscars Viewers Virtual Backstage Access (EXCLUSIVE)
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During a year when the TV industry is worried about how many viewers will return to watch ABC’s annual Oscars broadcast, Verizon will definitely return to advertise during it.
The telecommunications giant will sponsor the ceremony for the fourth consecutive year, and not just with TV commercials. Verizon will make available three different “5G portals” that viewers can seek out via social media and their mobile devices that will give them behind-the-scenes access to the red carpet; the press area where winners and presenters talk to the media; and, for a smaller set, an engraving station where winners get to put their name on their award.
Diversity and the Oscars
The 93rd Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, April 25, 2021. Experts from the University of California, Riverside are available to discuss various Academy Awards topics, including diversity, acting, gender, culture, and more.
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Courtney R. Baker,
associate professor, Department of English.
“In recent years, awards season has become the main occasion to object to a lack of diversity in film. Though the critique usefully pressures big studios and distributors to broaden opportunities and offerings, it overlooks the larger (and in my opinion, more interesting) structural problems preventing real diversity by overly fixating upon mainstream feature film, ignoring the powerful and well-funded “For Your Consideration” campaigns, and avoiding discussion of Hollywood s pipeline problem in which uninformed gatekeepers and the bottom line drive