The annual report from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reveals that little has changed for women in music and explores why that might be the case.
2018 saw an outcry from artists, executives and other music industry professionals over the lack of women in music. Has 2019 brought change? A new...
A new study reveals a dramatic improvement in black directors working across the 100 top-grossing films, though there has been little change for other industry positions.
Black Panther or BlacKkKlansman could take home a Golden Globe on Sunday, but they are also signs that 2018 delivered some much-needed change to Hollywood. For the first time in over a decade, Hollywood studios...
Adaeze Ene received her B.A. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. As an undergraduate student, Adaeze conducted research at the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, where she assisted with a project that analyzed the portrayal of mental health in the top 100 films
Hannah Clark received her B.A. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism with a minor in entertainment industry from the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Since starting as an undergraduate with the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in 2016, she has assisted on projects ranging from the annual inclusion studies on top-grossing films to the first-of-
Kevin Yao received his B.A. in Communication from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism with a minor in Cinematic Arts in 2015. Kevin began working with the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in 2014 as an undergraduate. After graduating, Kevin continued his work with the Initiative as a research fellow where he led a project in partnership with Google. This project
Shivani Rawat Shivani Rawat is the Founder and CEO of ShivHans Pictures, a production and finance company creating unique and compelling feature films outside the Hollywood studio model. The company strives to keep the financing process simple in an effort to fully support independent filmmakers and their visions while collaborating with top-tier talent
New study finds inequality by gender and race/ethnicity for film reviewers across 3 years and 300 movies.
Everyone may be a critic, but when it comes to film reviewers, a new study reveals that the old adage doesn’t ring true.
The report , titled “Critic’s Choice II,” is the second in a series from...
Films like Crazy Rich Asians , The Spy Who Dumped Me , BlacKkKlansman , and The Happytime Murders are poised to provide a much-needed dose of diversity to theaters this summer. But as audiences look to critical reviews to determine if these movies are worth the ticket price, what perspectives are available? A new study reveals that the film reviewers are unlikely to be as diverse as the casts...