{"id":5084694,"date":"2017-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/hollywood-diversity-report-latinos-continue-to-be-severely-underrepresented-in-films\/"},"modified":"2017-08-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T04:00:00","slug":"hollywood-diversity-report-latinos-continue-to-be-severely-underrepresented-in-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2017\/08\/26\/hollywood-diversity-report-latinos-continue-to-be-severely-underrepresented-in-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Diversity Report: Latinos Continue to Be Severely Underrepresented in Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Dr_Stacy_L_Smith-Inequality_in_900_Popular_Films.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">report released July 31<\/span><\/a> from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the Media, Diversity &amp; Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC Annenberg concluded that top-grossing Hollywood films have done very little to change the industry\u2019s diversity record, noting that Latinos are still some of the most underrepresented groups\u2014reaching its lowest mark since 2009.<br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Dr_Stacy_L_Smith-Inequality_in_900_Popular_Films.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">report released July 31<\/span><\/a> from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the Media, Diversity &amp; Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC Annenberg concluded that top-grossing Hollywood films have done very little to change the industry\u2019s diversity record, noting that Latinos are still some of the most underrepresented groups\u2014reaching its lowest mark since 2009.<br \/>\nThe following chart, which appears in the <a href=\"http:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Dr_Stacy_L_Smith-Inequality_in_900_Popular_Films.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">&#8220;Inequality in 900 Films&#8221; study<\/span><\/a>, lists the prevalence of film characters based on race and ethnicity from 2007\u20132016. Last year, the study said that Latino characters made up just 3.1 percent of all the film characters it tracked. In 2015, that figure was at 5.3 percent. The lowest percentage for Latino characters was 2.9 percent in 2009.<br \/>\n<span id=\"reddit-count-content\" class=\"cresta-the-count-content\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--www.crestaproject.com Cresta Social Share Counter Content End--><\/p>\n<article class=\"single_post_content\"><!-- Featured Media --> <!-- Video --><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured_image_with_caption\"> Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritua, Guillermo del Toro, Sheherazade Goldsmith, Alfonso Cuaron and Emmanuel Lubezki attend the 70th Anniversary of the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2017 in Cannes, France. (Getty Images\/Getty Images)<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Dr_Stacy_L_Smith-Inequality_in_900_Popular_Films.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">report released July 31<\/span><\/a> from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the Media, Diversity &amp; Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC Annenberg concluded that top-grossing Hollywood films have done very little to change the industry\u2019s diversity record, noting that Latinos are still some of the most underrepresented groups\u2014reaching its lowest mark since 2009.<br \/>\nThe following chart, which appears in the <a href=\"http:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Dr_Stacy_L_Smith-Inequality_in_900_Popular_Films.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">&#8220;Inequality in 900 Films&#8221; study<\/span><\/a>, lists the prevalence of film characters based on race and ethnicity from 2007\u20132016. Last year, the study said that Latino characters made up just 3.1 percent of all the film characters it tracked. In 2015, that figure was at 5.3 percent. The lowest percentage for Latino characters was 2.9 percent in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been no meaningful change in the percentage of Black\/African American, Latino, Asian or Mixed Race\/Other characters across the years evaluated,&#8221; the study said.<br \/>\nIn addition, the study explained, &#8220;films approximating U.S. Census percentages are infrequent. In 2016, only 1 movie featured proportional representation of Latinos on screen. A higher percentage of films are representative of Black (19 movies) and Asian (21 movies) characters&#8230;.<br \/>\n<\/article>\n<p><em><strong>To read full story, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/latinousa.org\/2017\/08\/08\/hollywood-diversity-report-latinos-continue-severely-underrepresented-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/latinousa.org\/2017\/08\/08\/hollywood-diversity-report-latinos-continue-severely-underrepresented-films\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report released July 31 from Dr. Stacy L. 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