Across the entire sample of 1,300 movies, the number of people of colour in lead or co-lead roles was 17%. For women characters, 43 of the top 100 movies had female leads or co-leads, 16 of whom were from under-represented racial or ethnic groups. (In the overall sample, 29% of the 1,300 movies had female leads or co-leads.) By comparison, in 2007, just 13 of the top 100 films featured leads or co-lead characters of colour, and just 20 of the top 100 featured women as leads or co-leads. And with female leads and co-leads, the percentages are on par with statistics for television for the first time ever.

Source: The Star February 04, 2020 15:45 UTC