27/06/2018

Four Nigerians Including Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Invited To Oscars Award Body

Four Nigerians have made it into the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences newly released diverse list of 928 members.
In a push by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science to boost diversity, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has been invited to join the Oscars award body.

The Academy, popularly known as the Oscars, made visibly improved racial and gender considerations in the 2018 list. This list, with about 49 percent of female invitees and 38 percent being people of colour, tops 2017 list of 774 people, 2016 list of 683 and 2015’s 322, according to Variety Magazine.
Among the diverse invitees are Nigerian actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, film producer Wunmi Mosaku, and directors Femi Odugbemi and Ngozi Onwurah.
Including a 14-year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis, 86-year-old Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina, and new members from 59 different countries, this year’s invitees marks the academy’s largest and most diverse class ever, topping last year’s 774 new members, which itself was a jump over the previous year’s 684 invitees.
Other new members from different countries include South Korean actress Doona Bae, Algerian actress Sofia Boutella, and Indian actor Ali Fazal.
Some of the names invited alongside Ekeinde and Odugbemi include Daniel Kaluuya, Mindy Kaling, Tiffany Haddish, Kumail Nanjiani, Blake Lively, Amy Schumer, Olivia Munn, Kal Penn, Pedro Pascal, Amber Tamblyn, Damon Wayans, Gina Rodriguez, Sarah Silverman, Jada Pinkett Smith and Evan Rachel Wood.

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