"It's time for a Black picture to win."
Why? Other than the fact that you say so...

"...pushing the project to completion."  If THAT was the criterion for winning the Oscar for director (or Best Picture--where producers get to clutch the statuette) There would be HUGE bunches of Oscars presented.  EVERY director or producer has to "push the project to completion."  Dana Brunetti, Producer, 50 Shades of Grey & House of Cards: ""Find great material that you can be passionate about because producing is like pushing f—ing rocks uphill."

Re: Best Actress nominee, Emma Stone: "Actors will identify with the never-ending auditions and callbacks."

But I'm not an actor, so what do I identify with?