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

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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.

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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.

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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%

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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

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