The Black List founder Franklin Leonard talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he accidentally created one of the most important lists in Hollywood and how he turned it into a real business for connecting screenwriters with producers. Leonard also talks about the statistics that show the benefits of reading scripts from diverse writers and the mostly-white 2020 Oscar nominations, about which he wrote a satirical op-ed for the Washington Post. Plus: Why he doesn't expect AI to replace human readers.
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Featuring:
Franklin Leonard (@FranklinLeonard), founder, The Black List (@theblcklst)
Host:
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large
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