Oscars' New Eligibility Rules Didn't See 'Big Changes' Because They Didn't Address Real Inclusion, USC's Dr. Stacy Smith Says | Video

Dr. Stacy Smith, founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, said she "started laughing" when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences shared their standards for representation and inclusion for Oscars eligibility in 2020, arguing that by their new standards, "90 to 95%" of films already passed the test. "That's not criteria. It's calling your buddies and saying, 'What do you think should work?' That's not inclusion, and that isn't the work of inclusion," Smith told TheWrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman at Friday's launch of TheWrap's Cannes . . .