Nepotism, word-of-mouth employment practices and the widespread use of unpaid work experience have created a “pandemic lack of inclusion” in the British film industry, a report backed by movie producers Barbara Broccoli and Kathleen Kennedy says.
“There is a culture of nepotism and a lot of the employers we spoke to just recruit via word of mouth,” she said.
Kennedy said: “This initiative is meaningful for both Lucasfilm and the film industry at large.
“You tend to get that a bit in certain industries but in this industry it is kind of … that’s how it’s done.