The nominations for Actress in a Leading Role and Actor in a Supporting Role all went to white stars, however black talent was recognized in other acting categories. (highsnobiety.com)
Across film and television, productions powered by black talent have found critical and commercial success while exploring culturally specific stories; from Coogler to DuVernay, to Jordan Peele and Issa Rae, and from 12 Years a Slave to Moonlight, to Selma and Get Out. (lwlies.com)
Then, in separate posts on Medium, they went public with personal treatises on their experiences inside a company that they claim failed to recruit, hire, and develop black talent in any meaningful way. (fortune.com)