Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith Won’t Attend Oscars
- 8 years ago
The outcry over the nomination of 20 white actors , and no black ones, for the coming Academy Awards gained momentum on Monday - Martin Luther King's Birthday - as the director Spike Lee and the actress Jada Pinkett Smith announced that they wouldn't be attending the ceremony on Feb. 28.
In an Instagram post , Mr. Lee, who accepted an honorary Oscar in November and received no nominations for his latest film, "Chiraq," asked how it was possible that there were no nominations of black actors for the second year running.
Saying he was tired of being asked for his opinion about all-white or majority-white Oscar races year after year, Mr. Lee also urged the news media to "ask all the white nominees and studio heads how they feel about another all-white ballot."
In an Instagram post , Mr. Lee, who accepted an honorary Oscar in November and received no nominations for his latest film, "Chiraq," asked how it was possible that there were no nominations of black actors for the second year running.
Saying he was tired of being asked for his opinion about all-white or majority-white Oscar races year after year, Mr. Lee also urged the news media to "ask all the white nominees and studio heads how they feel about another all-white ballot."