It’s no secret that the numbers surrounding women in cinema are dismal. Melissa Silverstein’s Women and Hollywood recently reported that only 74 of the 271 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences this year were women. We also know that for every 15 or so male directors, there is just one … More
Are you looking for on-screen talent to front your documentary? Or perhaps you need credible industry experts to feature as talking heads in your TV programme? Here you’ll find a list of recognised talent agencies and organisations who represent a wide range of diverse presenters, experts and actors.
Sandra Alland contemplates the importance of the notion of ‘nothing about us without us’, critiquing and highlighting non-disabled productions alongside an exciting collection of disabled and/or Deaf artists and films. Most films are available free online (follow the links), and all have subtitles or transcripts.
Many people with disabilities do not have equal access to health care, edu- cation, and employment opportunities, do not receive the disability-related services that they require, and experience exclusion from everyday life activities. Following the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), disability is increasingly understood … More
This report is one of a number of evidence reviews commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to support their development of an anti- poverty strategy for the UK. More information can be found at http://www.jrf.org.uk/work/workarea/anti-poverty-strategy
The following are examples of ways white individuals have privilege because they are white. Please read the list and place a check next to the privileges that apply to you or that you have encountered. At the end, try to list at least two more ways you have privilege based on your race.
One of the things I like best about Darius Marder’s feature directing debut Sound of Metal is how unsentimental it is. The temptation is certainly there as you watch its main character struggle to overcome a massive physical change that impacts his entire life.
Yearly, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative examines diversity and inclusion in the director’s chair across the 100 top-grossing motion pictures. For 2018, our annual analysis focuses on gender, race, and age of 1,335 helmers spanning 1,200 of the highest earning fictional films released domestically between 2007 and 2018. Clearly, this is the most intersectional assessment of … More
In June of 2018, we released our inaugural report on diversity in the film criticism space using reviews featured on Rotten Tomatoes across the 100 top films of 2017. Now, we are partnering with TIME’S UP Entertainment and extending that investigation in three important ways. First, the diversity of critics associated with the 100 top … More
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