Sean Penn, Marrakech and Film Festival

Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the kinds of films that can be funded and made. The 64-year-old actor said at the Marrakech Film Festival that he gets excited about the Academy Awards only on the rare occasion that films he values are nominated.
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Marrakech Festival: Sean Penn accuses the Academy of Oscars of "cowardice"
"The producers of the academy have shown extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the world of expression and, in fact, have done a great deal to limit imagination and different cultural expressions,
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 Blames the Academy Awards for ‘Limiting' Filmmaking: It's ‘Jaw-Dropping How Afraid' Hollywood Is of Controversy
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Sean Penn hits out at the Oscars
Sean Penn has taken a swipe at the Academy Awards. The Academy Award-winning actor and director has slammed the Oscars for "limiting different cultural expressions". "The Academy have exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression,
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