(Photo: Liam Daniel/Netflix via AP) Netflix is trying a different route with both more transparency and more company control. Netflix films were more likely to have women directing (23.1 per cent), writing (25.2 per cent) or producing (29 per cent) than the top-grossing movies of 2018 and 2019. In Netflix films and series, 31.9 per cent of leads were from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Latino representational lagged especially, accounting for just 4 per cent of film leads and 1.7 per cent of series leads. LGBTQ leads were featured in only 2.3 per cent of Netflix films and series, though 12 per cent of the U.S. population identifies as LGBTQ.

Source: Indian Express February 27, 2021 05:19 UTC