‘We’re all Africans really’, says Meryl Streep at Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival became embroiled in the debate about diversity in the movie industry, with jury president Meryl Streep dismissing questions about the all-white panel by telling reporters” “We’re all Africans really.”

Streep — who heads a festival film jury for the first time — said that she was committed to equality and inclusion “of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions”.

The seven-member jury will choose the winners of the Golden Bear and various Silver Bear awards at the first of the year’s major European movie festivals.