‘Black Widow,’ ‘Eternals,’ ‘Cruella’ Make 2021’s List Of 100 Films Awarded the ReFrame Stamp For Gender Balance
thewrap.comReframe and IMDbPRO announced Tuesday. Other films among the 28 include “Cruella,” “In The Heights,” “The Power of the Dog,” “House of Gucci.” and “Coda.” The number represents a 3.4% decrease from last year’s list, which featured a record high of 29 “Stamped” films, according to the organizations annual report.
However, the new number represents a 133% increase from the first Reframe Stamp report in 2017, when only 12 films made the cut.
Reframe’s report also said that the number of female directors of the 100 most popular films has declined slightly in 2021 but continues sustained growth.
However, the study says the same growth has not been achieved in other key roles including cinematographers, composer and VFX supervisors.According to its website, the ReFrame Stamp is awarded to “narrative and animated features that hire women or individuals of other underrepresented gender identities/expressions (including those who are non-binary or gender non-conforming) in four out of eight key roles including writer, director, producer, lead, co-leads, and department heads.
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