Tag: hollywood

Warner Bros. to Address Diversity Issue With Directors Workshop

Read at Variety.com.

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Can a film please both China and the West?

LINK: Dubbing & Flubbing: Directors on both sides are in unchartered waters

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Hollywood Ghost in the Shell Movie Finally Gets a Japanese Actor: Beat Takeshi

Click here to read at Kotaku.com.

Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 -via Wikipedia

Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 –via Wikipedia

Watch Maori Actor Cliff Curtis Play Every Ethnicity Hollywood Throws His Way

Click here to watch and learn more at Slate.com.

Actor Cliff Curtis - Photo by Gage Skidmore

Actor Cliff Curtis –Photo by Gage Skidmore

When People of Color Are Discouraged From Going Into the Arts

Read Julia Lee’s thoughtful piece at The Atlantic.

The hard push to go into “STEM” fields comes from advocacy groups, government, even our own families and communities…at what cost?

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UCLA Bunche Center’s Hollywood Study: Diverse Content Is Crucial For Business

Check it out at Deadline.com.

Political scientist, academic, and diplomat Ralph J. Bunche

Political scientist, academic, and diplomat Ralph J. Bunche

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How Social Media is Pushing Hollywood to Fix Its Diversity Problem

LINK: Welcome to the rest of the planet

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Color-Conscious Casting Fights Hollywood’s Diversity Problem

Read at XOJane.com.

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Idris Elba on Fatherhood and Hollywood Stereotypes

Read at The New York Times.

Abraham Attah (left) and Idris Elba in scene from Beasts of No Nation

Abraham Attah (left) and Idris Elba in scene from Beasts of No Nation

In Photos: Hollywood’s Spotty Record on Improving Racial Diversity in 2015

Check them out at The Atlantic.

https://youtu.be/gXcT213XYlA