Meet the woman behind the ‘inclusion rider’ that Frances McDormand name-dropped

When Frances McDormand told the audience of the 90th Academy Awards that she had two words for them, close to no one would have predicted those words were “inclusion rider.” McDormand immediately got the industry and internet buzzing with this legal term for how people in Hollywood can ensure the inclusion of underrepresented groups while searching for talent in their upcoming projects.

The rider was created in 2016 by attorney Kalpana Kotogal along with Stacy Smith from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. Together – with a little bump from McDormand – they may have changed the future of Hollywood. Read more…

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