USA TODAY
Last fall, the Oscars updated its requirements for best-picture hopefuls come 2024 in the name of diversity and faced cheers and jeers from awards-watchers on Twitter.
But how will it really work?
In a test, USA TODAY fact-checked this year's slate of nominees to find out whether they would qualify under the future standards – and found that all the films passed. So what does that say about how inclusive the standards will be in practice?
Films will need to meet only two out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' four diversity standards, which include requirements spanning onscreen performers and behind-the-scenes production staff. To pass the standards, people of color don't have to necessarily appear in prominent roles onscreen – but if that's the case, they would have to