Protesters wearing Time’s Up T-shirts on BAFTA red carpet

A group of female protesters wearing ‘Time’s Up’ T-shirts invaded the red carpet at tonight’s BAFTA ceremony.

The women were dressed in black as part of the ‘BAFTA blackout’, chanting ‘sisters, united, we’ll never be defeated’. 

Tonight’s iconic award ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall is being dominated with discussion of the ‘Me Too’ and ‘Time’s Up’ movements, calling for an end to gender inequality and sexual harassment. 

Many stars heeded the call to wear black, using the celebration of UK and international cinema Sunday to call for an end to sexual harassment and bullying across society.

Several female stars brought feminist activists and anti-violence campaigners as guests. 

Men showed solidarity with ‘Time’s Up’ lapel pins as tremors from abuse revelations rumble through the movie awards season.

Kristin Scott Thomas, a supporting actress nominee for ‘Darkest Hour,’ praised the conversation about misconduct that has started in the entertainment industry, but said a tougher task will be ‘moving it from conversation to action.’

Actress Andrea Riseborough, who brought U.K. Black Pride founder Phyll Opoku-Gyimah as her guest, said she also hoped the film industry was on the road to greater diversity.

‘It’s more likely we’ll see an alien onscreen than we’ll see an Asian woman at the moment, which is disgraceful,’ she said.

The women were dressed in black as part of the ‘BAFTA blackout’, chanting ‘sisters, united, we’ll never be defeated’ 

Tonight’s iconic award ceremony at London ‘s Royal Albert Hall is being dominated with discussion of the ‘Me Too’ and ‘Time’s Up’ movements