Hispanic and Latino Representation in Film
Hispanic and Latino Representation in Film: Erasure On Screen & Behind the Camera Across 1,300 Popular Movies
Ariana Case, Zoily Mercado & Karla Hernandez
with assistance from
Dr. Katherine Pieper, Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti & Jacqueline Martinez
September 2021
HISPANIC & LATINO REPRESENTATION IN FILM: ERASURE ON SCREEN & BEHIND THE CAMERA
ACROSS , POPULAR MOVIES
ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVE
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HISPANIC LATINO CHARACTERS ARE MISSING IN FILM
Prevalence of Hispanic/Latino speaking characters across 1,300 films in percentages
7.2
6.7
6.2
6 5.9
4.9
5.3 5.3
3.9
4.2
3.9
3.3
2.8
OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF HISPANIC LATINO
CHARACTERS
5%
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHARACTERS
51,158
`07 `08 `09 `10 `11 `12 `13 `14 `15 `16 `17 `18 `19
Note: Hispanic/Latino characters are those that identify as Hispanic/Latino alone or in combination with another racial/ethnic group.
FOR HISPANIC LATINO CHARACTERS, LEADING ROLES ARE SPARSE
Prevalence of Hispanic/Latino leads/co leads across 1,300 films
3.5%
FILMS WITH LEADS CO LEADS
Of those Hispanic/Latino leads/co Leads*...
54% or 26 were girls and women
3
were women age 45 or older
*Excludes films w/ensemble casts
6.2% or 7 Hispanic/Latino leads/co leads occurred in 2019. In 2007, there were zero.
? ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVE
LATINX LEADS CO LEADS ACROSS ,
ACTOR NAME OF FILMS
ACTOR NAME
CAMERON DIAZ JENNIFER LOPEZ ANDREW JACOBS ANNA MARIA HORSFORD ANTHONY GONZALEZ AULI'L CRAVALHO CHRISTINA AGUILERA DANNY TREJO DEMI LOVATO ISABELA MERCED JAKE T. AUSTIN JESSICA ALBA JULIA GOLDANI TELLES
LOUIS C.K. MEAGAN GOOD MICHAEL PENA ODETTE ANNABLE RAYMOND OCHOA ROME FLYNN ROSA SALAZAR RYAN GUZMAN TESSA THOMPSON TONY REVOLORI Y'LAN NOEL ZOE SALDANA
TOP GROSSING FILMS
OF FILMS
2.2%
OF LEAD CO LEAD ROLES WENT TO LATINX ACTORS
ACROSS YEARS
Note: Girls, women & non-binary actors are noted in red. Latinx refers to U.S.-born Latinos who are not of Spanish descent (unless in combination with other Latino heritage).
AFRO-LATINOS RARELY FILL LEAD/CO LEAD ROLES
Across 1,300 top-grossing films from 2007 to 2019...
6 LEAD/CO LEAD ROLES WERE HELD BY AFRO-LATINO ACTORS ACROSS 1,300 FILMS 3 FILMS WERE FROM 2019
THE U.S. POPULATION OUTPACES HOLLYWOOD
Prevalence of Hispanic/Latino characters across 1,300 films compared to U.S. population
79%
of the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., & Puerto Rico
have a higher percentage of Hispanic/Latinos than Hollywood films.
States & territories in orange have more Hispanic/Latinos in the population than popular films.
? ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVE
HISPANIC/LATINO CHARACTERS FACE AN EPIDEMIC OF INVISIBILITY
Across 100 top-grossing films from 2019...
35
FILMS HAD NO HISPANIC/LATINO
CHARACTERS
59
FILMS HAD NO HISPANIC/LATINA
CHARACTERS
95
FILMS HAD NO HISPANIC/LATINO
CHARACTERS W/DISABILITIES
98
FILMS HAD NO LGBTQ HISPANIC/LATINO CHARACTERS
HISPANIC/LATINO CHARACTERS ARE LEFT OUT OF FILMS
Number of films each year missing Hispanic/Latino characters
567 MISSING
HISPANIC/LATINO 42 49 53 49 34 55 43 48 36 46 36 41 35 CHARACTERS OUT OF OUT OF 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1,300
856 78 MISSING
HISPANIC/LATINO
67
72
73
54
68
68 69
61
65
57
65 59
GIRLS/WOMEN
OUT OF
OUT OF 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1,300
`07 `08 `09 `10 `11 `12 `13 `14 `15 `16 `17 `18 `19 TOTAL
FEW HISPANIC LATINO DIRECTORS WORK ON TOP GROSSING FILMS
THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF HISPANIC/LATINO DIRECTORS ACROSS 1,300 FILMS IS
4.2%
? ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVE
FEW LATINX DIRECTORS WORKED ACROSS 1,300 TOP-GROSSING FILMS
THERE WERE
35
INDIVIDUAL
HISPANIC/LATINO
DIRECTORS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2019...
34.3% WERE BORN IN THE U.S.
DIRECTORS BORN IN THE U.S. OR PUERTO RICO
65.7% WERE BORN OUTSIDE THE U.S.
DIRECTORS BORN OUTSIDE THE U.S. OR PUERTO RICO
LATINX DIRECTORS ACROSS , TOP GROSSING FILMS
Adrian Molina Chris Weitz Dean Parisot Kenny Ortega Melina Matsoukas* Michael Cuesta
Miguel Arteta Paul Weitz Phil Lord Robert Rodriguez Roxann Dawson Steven Caple Jr.*
12
INDIVIDUAL LATINX
DIRECTORS BETWEEN 2007 & 2019
*=Afro-Latino director
THE RATIO OF WHITE MALE TO LATINX DIRECTORS IS
50 TO 1
WOMEN OF HISPANIC LATINO ORIGIN ARE INVISIBLE AS DIRECTORS
Across 1,300 top-grossing films from 2007 to 2019...
3 1,447 ONLY
OUT OF
DIRECTORS WERE WOMEN OF HISPANIC/LATINO ORIGIN
? ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVE
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