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Oscar Controversy Continues to Brew

When it comes to who is or who isn’t nominated for an Academy Award, don’t expect much to change until there is a change in the make-up of the voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  That’s the opinion of the founding Director of the Film and Television Production Program at Western Carolina University, Jack Sholder.   For the second consecutive year no actor of color was nominated.  Sholder spoke with David Hurand about the controversy.