American director Spike Lee has vowed to boycott next month's Academy Awards ceremony because of the mostly white actors among the Oscar nominees.

For the second year running black actors have been overlooked in the main categories. Ethnic minority nominees, including documentaries, and make-up do feature but Lee said this was not enough.

Both Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation and Will Smith for his role in Concussion have been ignored by the awards jury.

The hashtag “Oscars So White” has be…
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