19-10-2017 17:24 via theguardian.com

Harvey Weinstein has BFI fellowship removed

British Film Institute withdraws award it handed the producer in 2002, following similar action by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and BaftaThe British Film Institute has announced it will remove its prestigious fellowship from disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.Weinstein had been given the award – for “outstanding contribution to cinema” –jointly with his brother Bob in 2002; the pair at the time were co-chairmen of their first company Miramax which had
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