Ava DuVernay Is Calling Out The Oscars Again For Disqualifying Nigerian Film ‘Lionheart’
Welp. It looks like #OscarsSoWhite really isn’t letting up anytime soon: Ava DuVernay criticized the Oscars after Lionheart was disqualified from consideration for best international feature today, and frankly, it’s looking like we need a new hashtag. #OscarsStillSoWhite, maybe? In fact, the #OscarsStillSoWhite that they think that countries are only “international” when the primary language spoken there isn’t English. In the case of Nigeria’s Lionheart, the predominant language used in the film is English, which seemingly broke the rules for the Academy’s international feature category.
Director and filmmaker Ava DuVernay, our patroness saint of all things Oscars-inclusivity, took to Twitter swiftly after news broke of the disqualification to share her thoughts with the Academy.
“To @TheAcademy, You disqualified...
