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2024 Was a Record Year for Women in Film but Representation for People of Color Took a Sharp Decline, Study Shows
The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative's annual study shows a record-high for women protagonists in film, sharp decline for people of color.
The reality is that audiences want to see stories about women and people of color — studios and filmmakers do not have to choose between the two,” Smith said, shouting out Netflix as a company who has successfully reached proportional representation for gender and race/ethnicity. In box office order, the stars of these films were: Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Auli’i Cravalho (“Moana 2”), Lupita Nyong’o (“The Wild Robot”; “A Quiet Place: Day One”), Naomi Scott (“Smile 2”), Anya Taylor-Joy (“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”), DeWanda Wise (“Imaginary”), Melissa Barrera (“Abigail”), Naomi Ackie (“Blink Twice”), Mia Goth (“MaXXXine”), Nika King (“Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot”), Ryan Destiny (“The Fire Inside”) and Ariana DeBose (“I.S.S.”). For the purposes of this study, a group of historically smaller distributors including A24 and Neon, are coded as “other.” In terms of representation, 62.5% of the “other” studios’ films were led/co-led by females and 31.3% centered on an underrepresented protagonist, putting them among industry leaders in both respects.
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