Tag: hollywood diversity

Women working behind the scenes remain the exception in Hollywood

Hollywood is known for making sequels, but unfortunately there’s one refrain that grows increasingly stale with each passing year– the narrative that women continue to remain woefully underrepresented behind-the-scenes according to two studies just released. Both San Diego State’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film  annual Celluloid Ceiling report and USC Annenberg’s Inclusion in the Director’s Chair provide evidence of this discouraging tale.

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Hollywood Diversity, Movie Piracy and the EFF

The fight against movie piracy is a fight FOR diversity

It’s no secret that Hollywood has a long way to go when it comes to diversity and a new report released today by the Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School shows just how far.  Echoing findings of a similar study issued last winter by UCLA’s Bunche Center, today’s report finds that women, minorities and LGBT characters are not only rare–but often insignificant in Hollywood films.

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