Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice

Sean Penn Blames the Academy Awards for ‘Limiting' Filmmaking: It's ‘Jaw-Dropping How Afraid' Hollywood Is of Controversy
"I would just encourage everybody to be as politically incorrect as their heart desires," Penn said while also applauding Ali Abbasi's daring Donald Trump biopic "The Apprentice."
Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
Sean Penn has blasted the organizers of the Oscars of being cowards who, in effect, limit the kind of films that can be funded and made.
Sean Penn Slams the Oscars: ‘The Academy Has Exercised Extraordinary Cowardice' When It Comes to ‘Expression' and ‘Imagination'
"So I don't I get very excited about what we'll call the Academy Awards [except for] when a film like ‘The Florida Project,' or ‘I'm Still Here,' or, you know, ‘Emilia Perez
Sean Penn blasts the Oscars over ‘extraordinary cowardice’
The Oscar-winning ‘Milk’ star made the comments at the Marrakech Film Festival where he was honored for his longtime acting and directing career
Sean Penn blames Oscars’ ‘extraordinary cowardice’ at Marrakech Film Festival
Actor / Director Sean Penn has criticised the Academy and Hollywood, especially for its lack of courage when it comes to funding films that expand "cultural expressions". He also slammed how the system made it difficult for the Donald Trump origin story 'The Apprentice' to find a distributor.
Sean Penn hits out at the Oscars
"The Academy have exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression, and in fact, have largely been part of limiting the imagination and very limiting of different cultural expressions,
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