Bfi Responds To Labour’s Damning Diversity Verdict And Call For Inclusion Riders With Film & Tv Tax Relief

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline.com
Wed, 04/25/2018 - 6:42am

EXCLUSIVE: The British Film Institute has responded to the stinging rebuke from the UK’s opposition party Labour that the film industry only “pays lip service to diversity” and that inclusion riders should be tied to the UK’s lucrative film and TV tax credit. Amanda Nevill, CEO of the UK’s leading organization for film told us, “Labour's call for greater representation in the industry, echoes the BFI's and the industry's own concern to achieve this.

Topics: exclusive british film institute tv amanda nevill ceo labour bfi uk s labour diversity call inclusion riders industry

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Bfi Responds To Labour’s Damning Diversity Verdict And Call For Inclusion Riders With Film & Tv Tax Relief

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