Hollywood begins to make space for women-led films
Gender parity survey finds ‘one of the richest slates of films featuring female protagonists in recent memory’ in 2024
Every year for the past 23, Martha Lauzen, the founder and executive director of the Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego University, has taken on the depressing task of examining the 100 highest grossing films of the year to see what they can tell us about gender parity in Hollywood.
Her annual report, titled “It’s a man’s (celluloid) world”, has served as one of the few measurable indications of the ways in which men continue to dominate the movies on screen, in their greater bank balances and despite regular assurances from industry executives and players that they are working to change the situation...
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