A new study spotlights the ongoing lack of Latino representation in the film industry
Released Monday by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in partnership with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and Wise Entertainment, the report examined the prevalence of Latino characters on-screen across 1,200 top-grossing films from 2007 to 2018, as well as the presence of Latinos working behind the camera as directors, producers, and casting directors.
According to the study, only 4.5 percent of all 4,268 speaking or named characters across the last 12 years were Latino and only 3 percent of films featured Latino leads or co-leads across the 100 top-grossing movies from 2007-2018. The most frequently hired Latino actors for a protagonist role include Cameron Diaz,Latinos behind the camera are also virtually absent, highlighting that only 4 percent of directors and 3 percent of producers in these movies were Latino.
Across the 100 top-grossing films of 2018 alone, 47 films were completely missing Latino characters, 70 films were missing Latinas, 95 movies did not feature a Latino character with a disability, and 98 were missing Latinos from the LGBT community, documenting another key finding: the erasure of Latino roles in popular movies.
An additional qualitative analysis explored stereotyping of Latino actors and characters across 200 top films from 2017 and 2018, with the majority of Latino actors depicted as criminals, and 17 percent of all Latino speaking characters portrayed as poor or with a lower income. As for solutions, the study includes several suggestions that individuals, organizations, and companies can use to increase the opportunities for Latino actors and content creators to work in Hollywood.
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