Similarly, on-screen representation for people of color has barely shifted. Of the 100 top movies in 2022, 29% featured actors of color as leads or co-leads. It’s not substantially different from the past five years, during which the percentage has plateaued at about 30%, far below proportional representation based on the U.S. census.
It all suggests that in a period of increased calls for change from multiple so-called reckonings — like the Me Too movement and the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd — “any commitments to diversity or inclusion were mere lip service,” the report warns
It's always weird to see this framing when the entire story is about a gaping hole where hispanic movie stars/actors should be. "all underrepresented minorities" just doesn't tell the organic data story
e.g. we know there were 12 African-American actors in a leading role. We know Woman King is coded as having 2 black female leads (Davis and Mbedu) and Nope obviously has 2 black leads (Palmer and Kaluuya) which means 10 films in the top 100 had African-American leading roles.
- The 33 actors were only counted once independent of how many times they appeared across the 100 top films. For example, Dwayne Johnson and Idris Elba both led two films in the sample. Put differently, this variable measures the total number of people that are given at least one opportunity to lead a film