Intersectionality Grows On Screen But Diversity In Film & TV Sees Minimal Overall Changes In 2022 — Report
deadline.comHollywood is increasingly taking intersectionality into account when creating stories for film and TV, despite minimal overall improvement regarding representation for marginalized groups in the last two years, according to Luminate’s latest Entertainment Diversity Progress Report.
The report, released on Monday, was last published in 2021. Since then, “the idea that each individual is defined by multiple identities across race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, etc., is a reality that seems to be increasingly taken into consideration by Hollywood’s content creators, allowing films and series to better explore and reflect the nuances of the human experience.” But that doesn’t necessarily indicate that diversity is increasing on screen overall.
In fact, Luminate reports that there was minimal growth or change (if any) for several underrepresented groups, including Latinx, Indigenous, and Middle Eastern/North African people.
Broken down even further, Luminate’s report points out several discrepancies in the diversity on screen. While main title roles held by Black actors increased by over 20% in 2022, the number of movies with Black stories at the forefront decreased by 16.7% (to make up only 5.3% of movies released in 2022).
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