![]() ![]() She developed her production company, Shondaland, which is behind the diverse period series Bridgerton on Netflix.Įchoing her work is Felicia Pride, who has written for Grey's Anatomy and the Oprah Winfrey Network's Queen Sugar.ĭespite having mentors when she first started, Pride knew there were obstacles for Black creators, so she started her production company, Honey Chile, which develops content for and by Black women who are 40 and older. Rhimes, creator of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, sparked TV representation in 2005 with a diverse cast in the ABC show. "When we are invested in each other as people, we don't think 'it's you or me.' It's for both of us or none of us," Aniobi said. Without investing in stories and hiring Black executives, the industry is doomed to repeat mistakes, she said. Her production company SuperSpecial creates shows, films and shorts while her Tribe Writers' Program bridges the gap between independent writing and opportunities with mainstream platforms, like Disney and AMC.įor Aniobi, though there are more Black shows than there have been in the last 10 years, the budgets are smaller. Now, Aniobi has a deal with HBO to develop shows. "There's never been a Black female director nominated in the history of the Academy Awards." New production companiesįollowing in the footsteps of successful creators like Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Shonda Rhimes and Issa Rae, who opened doors for underrepresented talent, screenwriter Amy Aniobi, TV writer Felicia Pride, actor Khalimah Gaston and filmmakers Fanny and Nelson Grande are building pathways to bring more diverse voices to Hollywood.Īniobi met actor Issa Rae after college and together they went from YouTube comedy series Awkward Black Girl to five-season Emmy-nominated HBO Max series Insecure with a majority Black cast. "There's a consistent lack of recognition for Black female directors," The Woman King director Gina Prince-Bythewood said at the AAFCA awards. ![]() And out of all Academy Award winners, only 2 per cent have been women of colour. Of the 13,252 Oscar nominees since 1929, 6 per cent are from underrepresented ethnicities, a USC Annenberg Inclusion at the Academy Awards report concludes. This year, there has been criticism that Black-led films like The Woman King and Till were overlooked for Oscar best picture and acting nominations, and the British Academy Film Awards (Bafta) last month came under fire for having all white winners. While Hollywood has made progress on diversifying talent and storytelling since the 2015 outcry of #OscarsSoWhite - when all 20 acting nominations went to white actors - the pace of change is not fast enough for both the famous and those waiting to emerge.ĭiverse creators are building incubators, their own production pipelines and venues where they can screen work and receive feedback and support each other. Nominated for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the 64-year-old waited 29 years for her second Oscar nomination. ![]() “To show our humanity, to tell the diversity of our stories, and to share the complexity of what it means to be Black and woman,” Bassett said last week at the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards. LOS ANGELES - For Angela Bassett, vying for an acting Oscar for the second time next Sunday in a 40-year career, every role she has taken has been an opportunity to break through perceptions of "us as Black women". ![]()
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