UCLA’s latest Hollywood Diversity Report shows some improvement in the recruitment of women and people of color in 2022, but activist group FWD-Doc claims that UCLA will address other neglected groups, such as LGBTQIA + individuals and “invisible minorities” – persons with disabilities. Art
Jim Lebrecht, co-founder of FWD-Doc and co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Creep Camp (2020), said: People with disabilities do not exist in the industry. In light of CODA’s three Oscar wins at the recent 94th Academy Awards, this oversight reinforces FWD-Doc’s claim that the report is incomplete and not comprehensive. “
He added that other groups were under-represented, such as the LGBTQIA + people, but were ignored in the study.
The Ninth Annual Report, from UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences, covers the top 200 theatrical English-language releases in 2021, ranked by the global box office, as well as all major streaming films based on total family ratings. The survey said that about 43% of the US population will be people of color and by 2050 will be the majority. POC last year represented 38.9% of film leads and 43.1% of all actors, as well as 30.2% of directors and 32.3%. Author
According to the survey, 47.2% of film leads are female and 42.2% of all actors. 21.8% of film directors and 33.5% of writers are women.
LeBrecht added that since UCLA’s report was “designed to explore the relationship between diversity and the bottom line in the Hollywood entertainment industry”, it was important to include other populations.
The FWD-Doc demands a public statement acknowledging UCLA’s oversight and the damage it causes, requesting UCLA to commit within six months to publishing a report on disabled representation in the film industry, including deaf, disabled and neurodivers workers. By In addition, the FWD-Doc expects that the UCLA report on television representation (due to fall in 2022) will not repeat this omission.
FWD-Doc says there are 1.85 billion people with disabilities worldwide, with disposable income of 8 trillion (আপনি 13 trillion if you include their families), making people with disabilities the world’s third largest economic power – even more so in Japan and Germany. And the countries of the United Kingdom.
Disabled filmmakers say the key to unlocking these audiences and org is that there are approximately 500 disabled people and their associates.
The UCLA report states, “America’s increasingly diverse audience prefers a variety of film content.” FWD-Doc added that despite the positive response from viewers to recent Oscar-nominated and winning films, “CODA,” “Audible,” “Crip Camp,” “The Dress,” “there is still a lack of projects for people with disabilities. And “metal sound”).
The group says that by incorporating disabilities into its research, UCLA could help focus the industry’s focus on people with disabilities and ensure that more projects created by people with disabilities are funded to reach audiences.
FWD-Doc (Filmmakers with Disabilities) is a group of disabled and active collaborators. The company seeks to increase the visibility, support and direct access to network, and employment opportunities for deaf, disabled and neurodivers filmmakers.
In addition to LeBrecht, the group is led by co-founders De Al-Mohamed, Lindsay Dryden and Alyssa Nahmias, and interim director Amanda Upson.
