Michelle Williams

Female characters, their largest ever representation in box-office movies in the past year, according to the research had.

That said, a record 40% by 2019, the highest grossing US Films women in a leading Role -had - to 9%.

But black and ethnic minorities (Belarusian) women that are Left Behind , the annual report suggests.

the movies on The List belong to the Avengers: final, Captain Marvel , Joker and Evil: the mistress of Evil.

from the Compiled information, the study found that 43% of the greatest Films had The Role of a male, while the title with the same lead male/female or ensemble casts are omitted, for The Remaining 17%.

film critic Dr. Rebecca Harrison told the BBC, increasing the representation of women in leading on the screen "for megastar white actor is" inside as Well as Brie Larson , Angelina Jolie and Renee Zellweger , as Well as Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie - who received two Bafta nominations in the same category This Week . But "for women of color," she added, "representation is still appalling".

The Most important female characters in question proved to be a white-68% of the Time compared to their black counterparts (20%). Asian women 7% of the roles, and Latina women 5%.

"The intersectional oppression are alive and Well ," said Dr. Harrison.

The survey - which began in 2002, with the large main female roles were at a low 16% - comes after a week of criticism for the unfair treatment of women and the Belarusian people, either on the side of the camera.

It's A Man 's (Celluloid) World, this is the name of the study, suggested that in movies with at least one female writer and/or Director, 58% of the main characters are female goods.

this figure fell to 30%, movies of men made.

not disappointed to see last week the Golden Globes again, all the women won in their five-strong all-male pool for best Director - Sam Mendes , for his epic war, 1917. And This Week , no women were nominated in the same category for a seventh year in a row at the Baftas.

Amanda Berry , head of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, admitted that she was "very disappointed" by the lack of diversity.

Deputy Chairman Krishnendu Majumdar said of the lack of female Directors was nominated, an "industry wide problem" and they were "hard to do something to it" camps, with measures such as High, supports talents from the under-represented groups.

In the year 2018, The Academy announces new diversity quotas - or "selection Criteria " - for two award categories; best outstanding British film and outstanding debut by a British writer, Director or producer, in an attempt to "support an open, accessible and inclusive industry."

Dr. Harrison believes that while it is OK for the institutions, the say they are disappointed, they are now "actively working hard to change The Rules " of how the industry works, "otherwise it's just meaningless headlines".

"Michelle Williams talked The Other day at the Golden Globes, and she is a great empowered speech about how women need to vote for themselves and many white women applauded, while many women of color were immediately speaks to the fact that white women have always voted in their own interest and acted in their own interest.

"I think you can see that in the film industry.

"One of the arguments is that the representation on the screen is improved if the diversity behind the camera is improved as Well . "

she continued: "So, if it get more white women to have Access to the Director's chair and production roles, which is great. But that is not to be translated in improved representation for women of color and men of color have also lost here.

"the happening, one thing That surprised me slightly was the news that it Films actually studio, where most of the positive have increased, and indie Films , went to the rear. "

The Academic , and The author believes that the major studios often "a lot of legitimate criticism" about the fact that you "just do the representation in a kind of corporatised way", through the use of the same safe, familiar, and Well -over-the-counter white faces.

women-speaking characters in total, according to the research, which dropped from San Diego State University, 1% to 34%.

"If you think that the improvement in the box office, they will do it. Otherwise, you not is worry just. "

in Spite of the upward trend at The Top , Dr Harrison believes it's The Role of the film critic is still also to producers of independent Films - "the spaces in which women in the past, better Access " to account with regard to diversity in order to "affect positive change".

The new statistics to analyze female performance in quantitative, rather than qualitative in nature and should be approached with caution.

The Bechdel test is another measure often used for the search in the representation of women in fiction and raises questions Like - does the piece still have at least two named women in it? Speak with each other? And about something other than A Man ?

last year At the Cannes Film Festival, director Quentin Tarantino shutting down about the fact that "very talented actress" Margot Robbie are relatively few rows in his Golden Globe-winner Once Upon a Time had. In Hollywood .

"I reject your hypothesis," he replied bluntly.

Female characters were far less likely to a leadership Role , or personal pursuits than their male colleagues, according to the study, with 26% of women in management positions, compared with 74% of men.

Dr. Harrison says that it was "to say everything beautiful and good, 'OK, the women were the protagonists in 40% of the movies'", but that we don't really know what their exact Role in these Films , "without regard to the type of qualitative text analysis that goes on, on just the numbers".

"So, these women were depicted protagonists in the movies, in a positive way?", she asked. "You have to die at the end? They were The Survivors of a type of terrible sexual abuse at the screen? They were a lot of dialogue?"

"I think that all these conversations are always to try to find a balance between celebrations, which provide a positive effect, but also to ensure that we lock constantly drawing attention to areas for improvement," she said.

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