15 Black Women Invited To The Motion Picture Academy
#OscarsGettingLessWhite: 15 Black Women Invited To The Motion Picture Academy
1. Welcome To The Club Ladies!
From actresses to editors to directors, 928 people were invited into the Motion Picture Academy’s class of 2018 as a means to diversify it’s membership. And that they did with 38 percent of invitees being people of color and 49 percent women. So from Jada Pinkett Smith to Regina Hall to Jenifer Lewis, here are 15 Black women who made it into this coveted club. Congrats
2. Jada Pinkett Smith
3. Tiffany Haddish
4. Vanessa Bell Calloway
5. Danai Gurira
6. Aunjanue Ellis
7. Regina Hall
8. Rashida Jones
9. Jenifer Lewis
10. Audra McDonald
11. Amandla Stenberg
12. Quvenzhane Wallis
13. Tika Sumpter
14. Joy Bryant
16. Angela Robinson, Director "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women" and "True Blood"
