There has been a lot of talk about diversity since the Oscars announced its nominees. This year, the list is full of many great films, the only problem is they feature predominately white actors.
In order to make some change within in the movie business, actors and filmmakers like Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee have made the decision to boycott the awards show, claiming that it fails to recognize the accomplishments of people of color. This has brought up a lot of discussion along with the twitter hashtag, #OscarsSoWhite. It’s caused many other actors and people in Hollywood to speak up, including Gina Rodriguez.
This week, on Gina’s Instagram feed, she posted a picture of Oscar Issac from his performance in Ex Machina. In the lengthy caption accompanying the photo, Rodriguez went on to add the importance of Latinos supporting Latinos in Hollywood in order to see their culture represented on the big screen and in movies.
“There are 55 million Latinos in this country and although we all come from various backgrounds our unity can make a movie explode at the box office or a tv show soar to the highest viewers possible.”
From now on, she promises to add a different Latino actor onto her feed every Monday in order to support fellow Latinos. I think this is an amazing idea, Gina! It’s such a great way to help support fellow Latinos. Check out the picture and caption below! Who’s your favorite Latino actor?
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