Russell Brand: BAFTA Chair on ‘Serious Questions About the Culture of the Screen Industries and What Still Needs to Change’

Russell Brand: BAFTA Chair on ‘Serious Questions About the Culture of the Screen Industries and What Still Needs to Change’

New BAFTA chair Sara Putt has reflected upon the events of the past weekend in her first letter to members. While not addressing Russell Brand – about whom allegations of rape and sexual assault emerged over the weekend – by name, Putt wrote: “This weekend’s news has again raised serious questions about the culture of the screen industries and what still needs to change. BAFTA is supportive of the creation of CIISA, an independent standards a…