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At a time when the motion picture’s industry’s major awards body has been under scrutiny for its poor representation of people of colour, and a high-profile new movie release is weathering backlash about the casting of non-Middle Eastern actors in a feature set in Egypt, there’s no mistaking that diversity remains an important issue in the arts.
The recent discussions surrounding #OscarsSoWhite and the white-washing of Gods of Egypt are emblematic of an ongoing problem, as well as indicative of society’s increasing willingness to call out and condemn the marginalisation of minorities and the appropriation of other cultures — and, they’re just the latest examples.
Diversity and decolonisation: making the invisible visible
How do populations that have been historically subjected to the forces of imperialism not only prosper within the arts, but champion their own voices?
4 Mar 2016 12:00
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