BAFTA's Face Backlash Over All-White Winners
Bafta Awards face backlash over all-white winners https://t.co/LslPicmQCq
- BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 20, 2023
- The Bafta Awards have come under fire after all the winners at its film ceremony on Sunday were white.
- The prestigious British event had a diverse set of nominees, with “people belonging to ethnic minorities” taking almost 40% of acting shortlist slots. But that did not translate into wins, with the 49 winners across all categories being white.
- It comes three years after an outcry and subsequent reforms when all 20 acting nominees were white.
- Film and TV critic and Bafta short film jury member Ashanti Omkar said she felt "quite devastated" after watching the ceremony and seeing the group photo of winners. "Alison Hammond was the only person of the global majority in it, and she was not a winner but working at the event like many others who added colour to the red carpet, performed music and presented awards," she said. "That felt regressive and like these were cosmetic steps forward as opposed to real systemic change."
