And not long after the call for change, Michael B. Jordan, a Hollywood mainstay in his own right, accepted the call.
With two words: “Inclusion Rider,” the talented, decorated, and empowering actress inspired countless others to make the same promise and guarantee more diversity in their scripts, on their sets, and all around their productions.
Before it started, the 90th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in March 2018 seemed like it would the same old same old from previous years, but as soon as Frances McDormand took the stage to accept the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the shape of Hollywood would change forever.