Feminism and Diversity

I was hoping for another winner, myself, but what will be will be.

The film that won that year was an ensemble piece entitled CRASH. It was heavily shopped on billboards, in the trades, and personally to the Academy members, mainly BECAUSE it was an ensemble piece--it gave the Academy an opportunity to provide some recognition to a large cast of actors.

What's needed is more female and non-white writers, directors, producers, etc. to be allowed into the process to be able to compete for awards. It will be awhile before the Motion Picture Academy starts to resemble reality, I believe. However, the trend, though glacial in pace, is inching, painfully and steadily, towards more diversity, not less. Every winner becomes an Academy member and gets a chance to cast their votes for who comes next.