Concerns over whether this year's Oscars is 'too white' and 'too male' came out as soon as the nominees were announced.
Las Vegas filmmakers are reacting to the controversy and are telling us what they're doing to address these issues in the industry.
FOR THE CONTINUING LACK OFDIVERSITY IN ITS NOMINATIONPOOL.CONCERNS OVER WHETHER THEOSCARS ARE 'TOO WHITE' AND 'TOOMALE' SPARKED AS SOON AS THENOMINEES WERE ANNOUNCED.13 ACTION NEWS ANCHOR NINAPORCIUNCULA TELLS US HOW LOCALFILMMAKERS ARE REACTING ANDWHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ADDRESSTHE ISSUE.HOLLYWOOD IS SORORITY RACIST.IT'S BEEN 4 YEARS SINCE OSCARSHOST CHRIS ROCK CALLED OUTHOLLYWOOD AFTER THE OSCARS "SOWHITE" CONTROVERSY.FOLLOWING THE OUTRAGE, IN 2016THE ACADEMY SET A GOAL OFDOUBLING THE NUMBER OF DIVERSEMEMBERS BY 2020 TO AVOIDANOTHER BACKLASH.BUT COME 2020.ALL 5 NOMINEES FOR BESTDIRECTOR ARE MENCONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE MEN.PRESENTER ISSA RAE'S REACTIONHAS GONE VIRAL.CRITICS ONLINE SAYREPRESENTATION IS STILL APROBLEM.JUST ONE OF THE NINE BESTPICTURE NOMINEES THIS YEAR --"LITTLE WOMEN" -- IS A STORYABOUT AND MADE BY WOMEN JUSTONE OF THE 20 ACTING NOMINEESIS A PERSON OF COLOR: "HARRIET"STAR CYNTHIA ERIVO.YOU CAN COUNT THE NOMINEES OFCOLOR IN ONE HAND.THAT'S RIDICULOUS.11 MS.MICHELLE BOYKIN CREATED THE LASVEGAS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL SEVENYEARS AGO.SHE SAYS DIVERSITY STARTS FROMBEHIND THE SCENES.I SAW THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITIESFOR BLACK FILMS, I THOUGHT I'MGOING TO CREATE A PLATFORM FORBLACK FILM BUT I'M NOT GOING TOEXCLUDE ANYONE ELSE.ACADEMY OVERHAULED ITS VOTINGAND RECRUITMENT RULES IN 2016TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN ITSMEMBERSHIP -- IT WASN'T ENOUGH.SHE SAYS THEY CAN TAKE A PAGEOUT OF HER OWN BOARD'SPLAYBOOK.I HAVE VERY YOUNG PEOPLE WHOARE JUST COMING IN TO LEARN HOWTO MAKE FILMS.I HAVE CAUCASIAN PEOPLE.I HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS.I HAVE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVENINTERESTED IN MAKING FILMS.THEY JUST LIKE WATCHING FILMS.39 MEANWHILE, THE WOMENDIRECTORS SHUTOUT ISDISAPPOINTING FOR NIKKI CORDA-- THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFNEVADA WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL.IT'S JUST REALLY INDICATIVE OFTHE LACK OF OPPORTUNITY...OR THAT IT IS JUST HARDER FORWOMEN OR PEOPLE OF COLOR INHOLLYWOOD.39 CORDA STARTED NEVADA WOMEN'SFILM FESTIVAL 6 YEARS AGO --PROVIDING SUPPORT TO FEMALEFILMMAKERS IN A MALE DOMINATEDINDUSTRY.THEY GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FORINDIE FILMMAKERS WHO MAY NOT BEMAKING IT TO HOLLYWOOD JUST YETSO IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT FORTHEM TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEYCAN SHOW THEIR WORK.57 LOCAL FILMMAKER AND UNLVFILM GRADUATE -- JEMSEN BOLOZOSIS ONE OF MANY WHO'S STILLFINDING HER WAY IN THEINDUSTRY.SHE RECEIVED AWARDS FROM THENEVADA WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVALFOR HER WORK TACKLING SOCIALISSUES.THERE'S NOT MUCH FEMALEFILMMAKERS OUT THERE EVEN JUSTFOR CONVENTIONS AND GIGS ANDSTUFF.30 JEMSEN IMMEDIATELY SAW THEGENDER IMBALANCE IN THEINDUSTRY WHEN SHE STARTEDWORKING.I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TOCHANGE AND I GUESS FOR ME IN MYGENERATION IT'S PROGRESSING.IT'S TRANSITIONING.45 THAT'S WHY AT UNLV --ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BRETTLEVNER TEACHES THE IMPORTANCEOF DIVERSITY EARLY ON.SHE'S ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OFTHE NEVADA WOMEN'S FILMFESTIVAL.WE HAVE A STUDENT ORGANIZATIONCALLED CINEFILMS THAT SUPPORTSWOMEN IN FILMMAKING.WE TRY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES ANDNETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FORTHEM SO THEY CAN GO INTO THEINDUSTRY AND FEEL CONFIDENT.41JOIN US ALL WEEK ON "GOODMORNING LAS VEGAS" FOR STORIESABOUT DIVERSITY INMOVIES AND LOCAL TIES TO THEFILM INDUSTRY.YOU CAN WATCH THE 92ND ANNUALACADEMY AWARDS RIGHT HERE ONKTNV THIS SUNDAY STARTING AT 5P-M.AND THEN STICK AROUND FOR ASPECIAL EDITION OF ACTION NEWS!TIME NOW IS X:XX --- SIMPLE