As a fitting close to Black History Month, actor Idris Elba was the featured speaker for the Lens Project’s

“Artist Spotlight” series, held at the Paul Robeson Center of Rutgers University’s Newark campus.

On the Golden Globes and this year’s Oscar ‘white-out’: “Halle Berry and I were the only two black actors nominated for this year’s Golden Globes (Idris for Luther and Halle for Frankie & Alice). The Oscars aren’t designed for us…let’s focus on making more films.”