Oh Oscar!
26 February 2016 - 09:37
Time magazine published a damning report on diversity in Hollywood: In the 414 studied films and series, only a third of speaking characters were female and only 28.3% were from minority groups. Characters 40 years or older skew heavily male: 74.3% male to 25.7% female.Just 2% of speaking characters were lesbian-, gay-, bisexual-, transgender-identified.Directors overall were 87% white. TV directors - 90.4% white - were the least diverse.In film the gender gap is greatest: Only 3.4% of the films studied were directed by women and there were only two black women directors...
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