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Study: Women Are Underrepresented Onscreen and Off in Korean Film
Min-hee Kim toplines the South Korean film “On the Beach at Night Alone” The Korean Film Commission has released the findings from a study on Korean movies released in 2017 — and the numbers show an...
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USA TODAY Surveys Women in Hollywood, Finds 94 Percent Have Been Harassed or...
Dr. Anita Raj called the survey “credible and important”: Twitter Since the Harvey Weinstein story broke last fall and the rise of #MeToo and Time’s Up, the cultural conversation has been focused on...
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Study: Women Received Just 23 Percent of Non-Acting Oscar Noms This Year
Yeah, we’re not impressed, either, Tonya: Oscar nominee Margot Robbie in “I, Tonya” The 2018 Academy Award nominations are marked by a few milestones. “Mudbound’s” Rachel Morrison is the first woman to...
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Study: Number of Female Protagonists in Top 100 Films Dipped to 24 Percent in...
Belle’s face says it all: “Beauty and the Beast,” the second highest grossing film of 2017 “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Wonder Woman” were the three highest-grossing films...
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2018 Diversity Report: Women & POC Make Gains But Remain Woefully...
“Queen Sugar” To paraphrase Ava DuVernay, there have been several encouraging “moments” in Hollywood recently — including the successes of “Girls Trip,” “Wonder Woman,” and “Black Panther” — but, if...
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Only 3.3 Percent of 2018’s Studio Films Are Women-Directed
“A Wrinkle in Time” is part of the 3.3 percent: Disney “A Wrinkle in Time,” “The Darkest Minds,” and “Blockers” — those are the only women-directed studio films you can look forward to in 2018....
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Women and POC Led the Box Office’s Top Films for 11 of the Past 12 Weekends
“Black Panther” This year’s box office numbers are deliciously proving what we and many others have been saying all along: Diversity and inclusivity always come out on top. Per a report via CNN,...
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MPAA Report 2017: Women-Centric Films Dominate and Females Account for 50...
“Wonder Woman”: Warner Bros. Women continued to be a major presence and spending force at the movies last year. The MPAA has published its THEME — theatrical and home entertainment market environment —...
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Study: Women Underrepresented Behind the Scenes in Off Broadway Plays
The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), a not-for-profit that advocates for gender equality in theater, onstage and off, has published its latest study. The report, titled “Women Count: Women...
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New Research Spotlights Cannes’ Long-Standing Gender Disparity
This weekend 82 women ascended the steps of the Palais de Festival in Cannes to raise awareness around the fest’s history of excluding women directors. Since Cannes kicked off in 1946 only 82 women —...
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Study: The Number of Women Screenwriters in the UK Has Barely Changed in 10...
In 2017 women represented 11 percent of the writers on the United States’ top 250 films. They accounted for 33 percent of television writers during the States’ 2016-17 season. Obviously, there’s a...
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Study: Pay Disparity and Harassment Prevalent in Women-Dominated Crafts Jobs
Hollywood obviously has a women problem — that’s no secret. However, when we discuss gender inequality in show business, higher-profile positions, such as actors, directors, producers, and writers tend...
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New Study Finds Film Reviewers are “Overwhelmingly White and Male”
The importance of underrepresented voices on-screen and behind the scenes is finally gaining traction in mainstream media, but a significant piece of the puzzle is often overlooked: the influence of...
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New Research Reveals Film Markets Are a Boys’ Club
The movies accessible to viewers often come down to film markets at major festivals. High-profile fests such as Cannes host markets where sales and distribution professionals present, buy, or pass on...
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Study Shows Wide Gender Gap Persists on Telefilm Canada’s Big Budget Pics
The good news: Telefilm Canada’s goal of closing its movies’ off-screen gender gap by 2020 has resulted in tangible change. The bad news: the gap is still stubbornly wide on Telefilm’s big budget...
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Research: New DGA Study Shows Lack of Opportunity for Women and Minority...
“From the largest studio tent poles to the smallest indie films, diversity among feature film directors remained low in 2017,” a press release announcing the findings of a comprehensive new study from...
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Study: Male Film Reviewers Outnumber Females Two to One
Last month a headline-making study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative revealed just how overrepresented white male film critics were among the reviews of 2017’s top movies. (Spoiler alert:...
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WGA West Survey: 64% of Female Writers Have Encountered Workplace Sexual...
A month after WGA East released the findings of a sexual harassment survey given to its members, its sister union, WGA West, has published the results of its own survey. Unfortunately, the West Coast’s...
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Research: Hollywood Inclusion “Remains Unchanged”
“The rhetoric in Hollywood may be changing when it comes to inclusion, but the numbers are not,” according to a press release announcing the findings of a new study. The report hails from Professor...
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DGA Report: Women and POC First-Time TV Directors Made Gains in 2017-18 Season
Sometimes the fight to make the entertainment industry more inclusive can feel downright Sisyphean. Thankfully, that’s not always the case, as the Directors Guild of America’s (DGA) latest study shows....
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