Netflix has launched the “USC Annenberg Research on Movie & Collection Range” and “Replace on Its Fund for Artistic Fairness,” carried out in partnership with Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. The research examines a number of inclusion metrics (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, incapacity) in our U.S.-commissioned movies and sequence. The streamer has dedicated to releasing its progress each two years by way of 2026 for accountability and in any other case promote and impact lasting change within the business.
Newest Findings:
The brand new findings, taking a look at Netflix U.S. movies and sequence from 2020-2021, present enhancements year-over-year for ladies and other people from underrepresented racial/ethnic teams:
- Netflix achieves gender equality in main roles: Greater than half (55%) of all Netflix movies and sequence from 2018-2021 featured a lady or girl because the lead or co-lead.
- Elevated illustration for folks of shade in main roles: In 2020-2021, almost half (47%) of Netflix movies and sequence featured a lead or co-lead from an underrepresented racial/ethnic group.
- Extra ladies behind the digital camera: In 2021, 26.9% of administrators on Netflix movies have been ladies, in comparison with 12.7% throughout top-grossing movies that very same yr. And 38% of present creators in 2021 have been ladies, considerably larger than 26.9% in 2018.
- Important strides for ladies of shade in entrance of and behind the digital camera: Ladies of shade elevated considerably as sequence administrators from 5.6% in 2018 to 11.8% in 2021 — with comparable progress for author and creator roles. Almost a 3rd of movies (27.7%) and greater than half of sequence (54.75%) in 2021 had ladies of shade as leads/co-leads.
The outcomes additionally reveal that gaps persist for some particular racial/ethnic teams, together with Latinx, Center Japanese/North African, Indigenous and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities. And there’s nonetheless room to enhance the illustration of characters with disabilities.
Learn the manager abstract right here and the complete report right here.
Watch Dr. Stacy L. Smith talk about the newest USC Annenberg Research findings:
Watch: ‘Two Years In: An Replace on the Netflix Fund for Artistic Fairness’
Supply: Netflix
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
