Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, and Dr. Katherine Pieper with assistance from Ariana Case and Justin Marsden studied the top 800 films from 2007-2015 and investigated to find what number of minorities worked on these films. The authors found that minorities are highly underrepresented in these films. The main cohorts being studied in the article were Gender, Race/Ethnicity, LGBT, and Disability groups. One such underrepresentation was gender, which the study found that “Out of 4,370 speaking or named characters evaluated, 68.6% were male and 31.4% were female across the 100 top‐grossing films of 2015.” (Smith) Now compare this statistic to America where the male and female ratio is 49% to 51%. If film is to be a representation of America, the number of speaking roles should be representative of what America is …show more content…
Their position on diversity depends on how the individual views the importance of film. The executives were against diversity because they viewed film as a money maker, thus if diversity doesn’t create a profit, more diverse casts are not worth the loss of money. The director was against diversity because he is just used to using white casts and doesn’t believe the need for a diverse cast. Darnell Hunt from UCLA viewed film as a reflection of American society, thus film should showcase what is going on in America. The industry workers view film as any other occupation and a move towards inclusivity in one field is a movie forward on any field. If an individual looks at film as just a film or dollar signs, their view of increased diversity is negative. If an individual looks at films as a screenshot of American culture and a source for progressivism, their view of increased diversity is positive. A person judges’ diversity depending on how they view the importance of