Shawn Finnie, Film Academy Executive VP of Member Relations and Awards, Exits After 9 years
thewrap.comaccording to Variety, who first reported his resignation, he was specifically praised for his work by Rosie Perez.Finnie’s exit comes just over 2 weeks after that of the film academy’s executive vice president of impact and inclusion, Jeanell English, who quit after just one year in the job.
Finnie and English are just 2 of the Black Hollywood executives who have stepped down or have been laid off the last month.The others would be Vernā Myers, who exited Netflix, Latondra Newton who departed the Walt Disney Company and Karen Horne, who was laid off by Warner Bros.
Discovery.So far there hasn’t been enough information made public to conclude anything but that these exits are coincidental, but the timing has understandably drawn attention from within and without Hollywood.
On Thursday, the California Legislative Black Caucus held a press conferences calling for the studios to explain the matter..
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