Black Filmmakers Call Out Hollywood Racism, Exclusion as Calls for Boycott Grow

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A growing number of actors and filmmakers are pushing for a boycott of the Oscars after no actors of color were nominated for a second year in a row. The largely white male Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences responded by pledging to overhaul its voting requirements and to double membership of women and people of color by 2020. "Democracy Now!" discusses the boycott calls with two African-American filmmakers: Stanley Nelson, whose latest film is "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," and Dawn Porter, director of "Trapped," which just had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. "This reminds me of when baseball was segregated -- the Negro Leagues," Porter says. "Does anyone really think that all of the talent that was in the sport was being recognized?"