For Oscar Best Picture contenders, the time has come to deliver an inventory of the racial/ethnic identity and sexual/gender orientation of those involved with your film. On Wednesday, the Academy …
, quietly launched its new RAISE platform, an online system designed to collect identity and content information from the producers of films in the 2021 Best Picture race. Last year, 366 films qualified, so the impact will likely be wide. Responses are required by Nov. 15. The demand for data begins implementation of previously announced Oscar representation and
The platform is open only to those who have submitted a film. But a user-provided glimpse at its opening pages and the initial sections connected with its On-Screen Representation, Themes and Narratives Standard—one of four standards, two of which must be met to qualify for future Best Picture awards—reveal an expansive, detailed and insistent approach to data collection.
Total crew size and total cast size are among the initial queries. The introduction adds a caution: “The standards and thresholds for meeting the standards are subject to change and will be reviewed annually.” Next comes a checklist. The first box asks whether the person under review is an Academy member . The status review questions include a checklist of 11 boxes related to ethnicity—from African-American, through Indigenous Peoples and Southeast Asian, to White and Prefer not to say. Qualifying disabilities include Chronic illness or pain, a mental health condition or dyslexia.
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