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British Academy Film Awards change rules to boost diversity

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LONDON – Britain’s film academy is shaking up its membership and its awards voting rules in a review prompted by the glaring lack of diversity in the nominations.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts promised to change after contenders for the 2020 awards were announced last January.

No women were nominated as best director for the seventh year running, and all 20 nominees in the lead and supporting performer categories were white.“We said on the day, ‘We’re going to review everything,’” BAFTA film committee chairman Marc Samuelson said Thursday as the academy announced a slate of changes.

The measures include recruiting 1,000 new members from under-represented groups to join the current 6,700-strong voting academy of.

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