Latinos vastly underrepresented in film, study says

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Latinos vastly underrepresented in film, study says
A new study shows Latinos are vastly underrepresented in the film industry.

A new study shows Latinos are vastly underrepresented in the film industry.



Researchers looked at 1,200 popular movies between 2007 and 2018, and found only 3% had Latino actors in lead or co-lead roles.



Only 4.5% of all speaking characters were Latino.



Latinos make up 18% of the U.S. population, and 20% of the moviegoing audience.



The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative partnered with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers for the report.

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