Oscar winner, and KU film professor Kevin Willmott joins Haley for a conversation about Hollywood's reckoning with race. It was six years ago the Academy nominated all white actors. The backlash was swift. #OscarsSoWhite drew attention to the lack of diversity in the movie industry. This week, we're asking what, if anything, has changed since 2015. 

Willmott talks about the 2021 Oscars, and his upcoming film.

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Haley Harrison

77 - Race & Hollywood: Six Years After #OscarsSoWhite

APR 23, 202116 MIN
KMBC 9 Storytellers

77 - Race & Hollywood: Six Years After #OscarsSoWhite

APR 23, 202116 MIN

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Oscar winner, and KU film professor Kevin Willmott joins Haley for a conversation about Hollywood's reckoning with race. It was six years ago the Academy nominated all white actors. The backlash was swift. #OscarsSoWhite drew attention to the lack of diversity in the movie industry. This week, we're asking what, if anything, has changed since 2015. Willmott talks about the 2021 Oscars, and his upcoming film.