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Two days before the annual Golden Globes awards
ceremony, Time's Up posted banners on its Twitter account
saying: "Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Not a Single Black
Member Out of 87," with the slogan "A cosmetic fix isn't
enough."
The Golden Globes are chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association (HFP) and have grown to be one of the most popular
award shows in the run-up to the annual Oscars.
Prominent Black celebrities Kerry Washington, Sterling K. Brown,
Ava DuVernay and TV producer Shonda Rhimes swiftly threw their
support behind the campaign, along with the likes of directors
J.J. Abrams and Judd Apatow.
"Old news. New energy," tweeted DuVernay, the director of civil
rights movie "Selma."
The campaign follows an investigation by the Los Angeles Times
last week that noted there were currently no Black people among
the 87-member group of foreign entertainment journalists who
make up the HFPA.
The association said earlier this week that it was committed to
diversifying its membership.
"We understand that we need to bring in Black members, as well
as members from other underrepresented backgrounds, and we will
immediately work to implement an action plan to achieve these
goals as soon as possible,” the group said in a statement.
It added that 35% of its members are from non-European
countries.
The HFPA also came under fire when the Golden Globe nominations
failed to recognize some high-profile content by and about Black
people, including movies like "One Night in Miami" and "Da 5
Bloods," and the television drama "I May Destroy You" in the top
categories.
The nominations did include multiple actors and directors of
color.
The HFPA did not immediately return a request for comment on the
Time's Up campaign.
Time's Up was created in 2018 as a response to allegations of
widespread sexual harassment in Hollywood and has since
broadened its mission to fight inequality and injustice in the
workplace.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Aurora Ellis)
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