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Joaquin Phoenix, voted lead actor at the BAFTA awards for his critically acclaimed performance in "Joker," criticized the movie industry for a lack of diversity in his acceptance speech on Sunday. The industry was sending "a very clear message to people of color that you're not welcome here," he said, adding it "was on us" to dismantle a system of oppression.
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