2019 was record year for diversity in film, new study shows
The IndependentGet Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Out of those female leads and co-leads, 16 were from what the report calls “underrepresented racial/ethnic groups” – five percentage points higher than in 2018 and 15 percentage points higher than 2007, when only one movie fit the category. Overall, 31 out of the top 100 films of the year films featured a lead or a co-lead “from an underrepresented racial/ethnic group” regardless of gender, which amounts to a four-percentage-point increase from 2018 and 18 percentage points from 2007. Across the entire sample, 17 per cent of leading/co-leading roles cast actors from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. Age was also examined in the study, which found that only three out of the past year’s top 100 films featured female leads or co-leads aged 45 or more.
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