Academic Research
Research has found that the film and TV industries are not welcoming places for women, GNC folks, the LGBTQ community, POC, or anyone who intersects those identities. Whether in front of or behind the camera, the statistics are abysmal. Here's a collection of academic resources that further examine these issues: 
UCLA

• THE HOLLYWOORD DIVERSITY REPORT 2021

USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative 

• INCLUSION IN THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: ANALYSIS OF DIRECTOR GENDER & RACE/ETHNICITY ACROSS 1,300 TOP FILMS FROM 2007 TO 2019

• INEQUALITY IN 1,300 POPULAR FILMS: EXAMINING PORTRAYALS OF GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY,

  LGBTQ & DISABILITY FROM 2007 TO 2019

• MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN FILM & TV: PORTRAYALS THAT DEHUMANIZE AND TRIVILIZE CHARACTERS

• CRITIC’S CHOICE 2: GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY OF FILM REVIEWERS ACROSS 300 TOP FILMS FROM 2015-2017

• INCLUSION IN THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR? EXAMINING 1,100 POPULAR FILMS

• INEQUALITY IN 900 POPULAR FILMS

• THE DATA BEHIND HOLLYWOOD'S SEXISM

• INCLUSION or INVISIBILITY? GENDER MEDIA, DIVERSITY, & SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE

• THE FUTURE IS FEMALE? EXAMINING THE PREVALENCE AND PORTRAYAL OF GIRLS AND TEENS IN POPULAR MOVIES

• GENDER BIAS WITHOUT BORDERS: AN INVESTIGATION OF FEMALE CHARACTERS IN POPULAR FILMS ACROSS 11 COUNTRIES

• OVER SIXTY, UNDERESTIMATED: A LOOK AT AGING ON THE "SILVER" SCREEN IN BEST PICTURE NOMINATED FILMS

• GENDER & SHORT FILMS: EMERGING FEMALE FILMMAKERS AND THE BARRIERS SURROUNDING THEIR CAREERS

Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film

• IT’S A MAN’S (CELLULOID) WORLD: PORTRAYALS OF FEMALE CHARACTERS IN THE TOP GROSSING U.S. FILMS OF 2020

• THE CELLULOID CEILING: BEHIND-THE-SCENES EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN ON THE TOP U.S. FILMS OF 2020

• INDIE WOMEN: BEHIND-THE-SCENES EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN INDEPENDENT FILM 2019-2020

• BOXED IN 2019-20: WOMEN ON SCREEN AND BEHIND THE SCENES IN TELEVISION

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