RACE/ETHNICITY IN THE 100 TOP FILMS OF 2014
These percentages have not changed since 2007.
SOURCE: USC ANNENBERG’S MEDIA DIVERSITY & SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE, “INEQUALITY IN 700 POPULAR FILMS: EXAMINING PORTRAYALS OF GENDER, RACE & LGBT STATUS FROM 2007 TO 2014”
THE ACADEMY BY THE NUMBERS: A 2012 study by the Los Angeles Times found that in Academy Awards, nearly 94% of voting members were white. Of 51 governors, only 2 are minorities.
Allain, who is African-American, has instructed her festival staff to find not only great films, but ones made by women and minority directors. The result? Thirty-five percent of the movies at last year’s L.A. fest were helmed by people of color, and 40% by women.