SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Latino actors and filmmakers are appealing a change to Oscar rules that deny Puerto Rican films from being considered in the Foreign Language category.
Esai Morales, Benicio del Toro, Jimmy Smits and Maria Conchita Alonso have joined in a petition calling on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reverse its decision to stop accepting Puerto Rican films in the Foreign Language category because of its status as a U.S. protectorate.