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BAFTA Unveils Steering Group to Tackle Lack of Diversity in Film Awards

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By Tim Dams The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has unveiled a new steering group to lead a major review to help improve representation in its film awards, after widespread criticism for their lack of diversity earlier this year.

BAFTA’s film awards in February were overshadowed by a major diversity debate after no actors of color were included in any of the major acting categories, and no women were nominated in the best director category.

Seeking to tackle the issue head on, BAFTA said on Tuesday that the new steering group will “lead the review of the processes and conditions which contributed to a lack of diversity in some of the categories in this year’s British Academy Film Awards.” The review will cover the

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