A recent report by the Latino Donor Collaborative found that shows like 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' as well as movies 'Lightyear' and 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' either don't represent Latinos accurately or at all.
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Film projects also saw a drop in Latin representation, including stars, screenwriters and directors between 2021 and 2022. Latin stars made up 5.1 percent of films in 2022, more than two percent less than the year before. However, when it came to co-stars, there was a brief increase, with 4.5 percent of co-lead ensembles being led by Latin people, contrary to 4.3 percent in 2021. Latin screenwriters and directors both made up 6.
The LDC report called attention to specific streaming and premium cable networks that had zero Latin leads across their several programs in 2022: HGTV, Discovery, TLC and HBO. Netflix had two Latin leads across its 124 series, while AppleTV+ only had one in its 44 shows.was randomly selected to analyze the inaccurate characterization of U.S. Latin people in mainstream media.
The report also looked at a case study for films, specifically futuristic ones. The organization looked at 10 future-themed movies that were released between 2014 and 2023, none of which included a Latin star, co-star, director or screenwriter. The organization studied Interstellar, Ready Player One, Infinite, Lightyear, The Tomorrow War, Dual, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Monsters of California, After YangThe Latin population is the largest minority in the U.S., per the report, making up 19 percent of Americans, and yet they’re the most underrepresented group in media. Latin stars make up only 9.29 percent of onscreen representation in streaming, 2.33 percent on cable and 5.42 percent on broadcast.
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