Open Letter Signed By 500+ Creatives Condemns Academy for Silence on Hamdan Ballal
Over 500 artists and creatives including Javier Bardem, Penèlope Cruz, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Olivia Colman and Joaquin Phoenix, have signed an open letter criticising the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their lack of support for Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning co-director