Bafta awards and animations

There has been recent controversy over the Bafta movie awards based on the awarding given to actors. Only white actors were nomiated back to back, which was considered by black actors as racist because the awards have appeared to have singled out only the people of colour. The leader of the awards was said to have made a statement which applied to everyone, so it seemed.

"The British film industry’s glittering gala – the Bafta movie awards – will strive to reflect the makeup of the country it represents."

"This is the pledge of the woman who has run the organisation for 17 years. Amanda Berry, who is still smarting from accusations that Bafta has snubbed black actor David Oyelowo’s new film, Selma, told the Observer this weekend that the ceremony next Sunday will make every attempt to pay tribute to a diverse range of talent. “It is essential that the industry is open to all,” she said. “The industry we work in has to reflect the society we live in. That is really important.”

 Thorpe, V. (2015) ‘We’re not elitist – or racist’ says Bafta boss after Selma snub claim. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/31/bafta-not-elitist-racist-selma-snub-amanda-berry (Accessed: 3 February 2016). 

Even though Amanda Berry has made the statment of the film industry strving to reflect the make up of the country it represents, the baftas act of awarding only white actors has contridicted this previous satment because it is going against its beleifs of awarding and the depiction of todays society because The british or American society is not all white, niether is the film industry. By doing what they have done has made the film industry look all white.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/31/bafta-not-elitist-racist-selma-snub-amanda-berry

The same could be said for animations in disney or pixar, you will never find many black animation with positive main characters over a period of time or even a fully black cast. When black characters have been involved in any film or animated film the have been painted in a negative light e.g. criminals. many other stereotypes are given to other races other than white as a way of saying that white people are never troubled or considered criminal in any shape or form.

"The film also offers troubling representations of race that specifically construct Latinos as emotionally charged, criminal foreigners, African American as violent urban thugs, and European Americans as unmarked, normative, and singularly important figures."

Cheu, J. (ed.) (2013) Diversity in Disney films: Critical essays on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability. United States: McFarland Publishing (Accessed: 3 February 2016).