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Inequality in 800 Popular Films: Examining Portrayals of Gender, Race/Ethnicity,

LGBT, and Disability from 2007-2015

D r. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, & Dr. Katherine Pieper

Media, Diversity, &

Social

Change Initiative

Ariana Case & Justin Marsden

with assistance from

September 2016

©Dr.StacyL.Smith September2016

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Inequalityin800PopularFilms:

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KeyFindings

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2 thepercentageofWhite,Black, actor. yearsofageorolder. speakingornamedcharacteronscreen. weremissingacross49films.

American(5.6%).

2.8%wereAsian.

one

2females).

100topmoviesof2015didnot

depictoneLGBTspeakingornamedcharacter. animatedmovies.

61%ofthe

domains. 2015.
Prevalance of female speaking characters across 800 lms, in pe rcentages

Of the 100

top lms in 2015...

Ratio of males

to females

Total number of

sp eaking cha racters

MEDIA, DIVERSITY, & SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE

USC ANNENBERG

32

FEMALES ARE G

ROSSLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN FILM

FEMALES ARE SELDOM

AT THE CENTER OF THE STORY IN FILMnitiative

2.3 : 1

35,205

Percentage of

800 lms with

Balanced Casts

12%

DEPICTED A

FEM

ALE LEAD

OR

CO LEAD

And of those L

eads and Co Leads*... 3 5

FEMALE ACTORS WERE

FROM UNDERREPRESENTED

RACIAL

ETH

NIC GROUPS

FEMALE ACTORS WERE

AT LEAST

AGE OR OLDER

29
.930.328.131.429.228.432.832.8 FEMALES FACE ROADBLOCKS IN ACTION, ANIMATION, & COMEDYADVENTUREANIMATIONCOMEDY

2020.930.7363636.5

26.
8 23
.325.5 *Excludes lms w/ensemble casts % OF FEMALE SPEAKING

CHARACTERS% OF FEMALE SPEAKING

CHARACTERS% OF FEMALE SPEAKING

CHARACTERSMEDIA, DIVERSITY, &SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE SEXY CONTINUES TO BE THE STATUS QUO FOR FEMALES IN FILM WHITEUNDERREPRESENTEDSEXY ATTIRESOME NUDITYATTRACTIVE 7. 7% 30
.2% 9.5% 29%
3.6% 12% of the 100 top lms of 2015...

Top Films of 2015

HAD NO LGBTCHARACTERS

82
18 59.4
40.6%

LGBT CHARACTERS

13-20 yr old

females are just as likely as 21-39 yr old females to be shown in sex y attire & with some nudity. MEDI

A, DIVERSITY, &SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE

4926.3

#Osca rsSoWhite or #HollywoodSoWhite? 17

FILMS H

AVE NO BLACK OR AFRICAN

AMERICAN

SPEAKING CHAR

ACTERS

FILMS H

AVE NO ASIAN SPEAKING

CHAR

ACTERSFILMS HAVE NO LATINO SPEAKING

CHAR

ACTERS

40
PE

RCENTAGE OF

REPRESENTED

CHAR

ACTERS:

*These percentages have not changed since 2007 THE LGBT COMMUNITY: MOBILIZED IN THE U.S. BUT MISSING IN FILM sp eaking cha racters only... 4,370 Of 7

LESBIANBISEXUAL

G AY

TRANSGENDER

1910
4 15 5 0 MALES FE MALES of the 32 LGBT characters...

220 female producers1 female composer30 female writers8 female directors

THE DIREC

TOR'S CHAIR IS WHITE AND MALEBEHIND THE CAMERA IS BEHIND THE TIMES

DIRECTORSWRITERSPRODUCERSCOMPOSERS

Ac ross 1,365 content creators....

MALESFEMALES

7.5%22%<1%11.8%

MALEFEMALEMALEFEMALE

Of the 49 Black or African

American di

rectors... Across 800 lms and

886 di

rectors...Of the 25 Asian or Asian American directors... 46
24
3 1 5.5%

OR WERE BLACK OR

AFRICAN AMERICAN

OR

WERE ASIAN

OR

ASIAN AMERICAN

2.8% PO

RTRAYALS OF DISABILITY ARE DISCONCERTING IN FILM

MEDI

A, DIVERSITY, &SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE

of all sp eaking cha racters were depic ted with a di sability 2.4% 37%
18% MEN TAL

COMMUNIC

ATIVEPHYSICAL

61%

MALES WITH

DIS

ABILITYFEMALES WITH

DISABILITY

81%
19%

Based on U.S. Census language & domains

DIRECTORS

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