DGA President Paris Barclay Responds to #OscarsSoWhite

Women and Hollywood: Paris Barclay, the president of the Directors Guild of America, weighed in yesterday on the #OscarsSoWhite movement and the new changes to Academy membership that have resulted thereof.

Barclay, the first African-American head of the DGA, certainly talked the talk. Calling "the lack of women and people of color across all aspects of opportunity and employment" in the film industry shameful, he asserted in a DGA statement that the "Directors Guild believes that the industry and the community should be responsible for telling all people’s stories and reflecting the diverse lives we lead."