Some positive stats on women in film

Posted Wednesday 20 Feb 2019

Finally, some encouraging stats for women and people of colour in film. WomenAndHollywood.com reports on the latest research from Dr Stacy L Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that onscreen gender and racial representation has improved in popular movies. Analysis of the leads and co-leads of the most popular films from 2007-2018 showed last year 40 top-grossing films were led or co-led by women, compared to 32 in 2017.