“I know a lot of us felt marginalized, but on a morning like today, the HFPA recognized these projects, and I played a small part in them. They would bounce all over the map and do accents and dialects and transform themselves and do all these different great things,” he continued. They would get out of drama school and they would get these opportunities right away, so it seemed. I saw a variety of roles available to, certainly, my white brothers and sisters. “It took 16 years for to start in earnest. We’re so much richer, smarter and better for being in conversation in the community, with all the glorious artists that are going to be a part of this event.” I’m very grateful for the invitation because we’re better for it. They sent out invitations to some to some new people who got invited to the party. Reacting to his own supporting actor nomination, the “One Night in Miami” star referenced his onscreen persona: “Sam Cooke said, ‘It’s been a long, long time coming, but a change is going to come.’… I hope we all know that there’s still so much work to do, but the HFPA table got a bit longer today. “We’ve grown accustomed to a high bar of excellence from Regina King, but it’s strange because she is decades into her career, but it feels as if she’s just getting started,” he said. spoke to Variety shortly after the nominations were announced, reflecting on King’s historic nod. and Daniel Kaluuya were the lone representatives from the acting ensembles for “One Night in Miami” and “Judas and the Black Messiah,” while Davis and Boseman were singled out from the cast of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” - which was predicted to be a major contender for the film, director and its lead player Delroy Lindo - came up totally empty-handed. But, the HFPA notably failed to nominated the ensembles of primarily BIPOC-led films in either the drama and musical/comedy categories.
In front of the camera, the overall number of BIPOC nominees in film categories nearly doubled from last year.
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