Sally Kohn : Yet Hollywood fails to regularly create , let alone celebrate , any near-significant number of critically and commercially successful films created by black directors and producers with as much power and pull in Hollywood as their white counterparts . If Steve McQueen wins , he will be the first black director to get an Oscar . Kohn : No black women , only two other black men have been nominated for best director . Kohn : Only four white women nominated for director : As far as we 've come , this is pathetic . 01:14:00 / 2016-06-12 INBOX Movies show racial struggles of the past but neglect to take a look at the present .
Sally Kohn : If Steve McQueen wins , he will be the first black director to get an Oscar . Kohn : No black women , only two other black men have been nominated for best director . Kohn : Only four white women nominated for director : As far as we 've come , this is pathetic . 01:14:00 / 2016-06-12 INBOX Movies show racial struggles of the past but neglect to take a look at the present .