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WGA West Screenwriting Inclusion Report: Women & People Of Color Continue To Make Progress In Hiring But “Remain Significantly Underrepresented”

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Women and people of color “continued to make progress in screen hiring,” according to the WGA West’s latest Screen Inclusion Report, which notes, however, that “these writers remain significantly underrepresented in the feature film industry.” The report notes that “Even in the face of a global pandemic and its impact on our industry, underrepresented writers achieved a 3% overall increase in hiring, making up 43% of the more than 2,000 screenwriters hired in 2020.”Actually, the percentage of increase is considerably higher because the 3% cited by the guild is three percentage points higher – not 3% higher.

The report says that women and people of color both “achieved a 3% increase in representation among working screenwriters,” and that

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