Activist organisation questions the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s commitment to ‘transformational change’ of its membership processes
A plan launched by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to improve diversity in its membership and bolster the credibility of its
Golden Globes awards has been met with scepticism by Time’s Up, one of the film industry’s leading activist organisations.
The HFPA released a statement on
Social Media on Sunday announcing “transformational change”, in the wake of stinging criticism before and during the 2021 edition of the Golden Globes a week ago. The organisation pledged to appoint an “expert in organisational diversity, equity and inclusion”, to add “Black and other underrepresented professionals to [the] organisation”, and to improve “transparency” over its voting and membership processes.