BAFTA has apologized “unreservedly” to the Black and disabled communities over the N-word debacle, having identified “a number of structural weaknesses” in its “planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements” before this year’s awards.
At last month’s BAFTA Film Awards, the N-word was yelled unintentionally by Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson at Sinners stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan, and later at Best Supporting Actress winner Wunmi Mosaku. The fallout has been far and wide.
The review “did not find evidence of malicious intent on the part of those involved in delivering the event” and said the event was not evidence of “institutional racism.” Instead, it was highly critical of BAFTA’s preparation. In particular, the review from Rise Associates focused on how BAFTA had not appreciated the “nature of the risk associated with a live broadcast appearance, early warning signs were not escalated, and the absence of a clear operational command structure
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