2 chapters across the catalog
April Rainn explains how she created the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag in 2015 after no people of color were nominated in major acting categories. She details the transition of the movement from a snarky Twitter comment to a substantive push for institutional change within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The hosts reveal that April Rainn's Ensemble Studio is a subsidiary of the major advertising firm FleischmanHillard. They list high-profile clients like AT&T and Johnson & Johnson, characterizing the studio's work as pushing corporate agendas through "native ads" and social media campaigns like Black Twitter initiatives.
