Netflix said it commissioned the first report in 2019. It was part of Netflix’s commitment to measuring itself in these categories. original scripted series and films from 2018 to 2021. The report examined gender, race, sexual identity and disability inclusion in U.S. “They have a proclivity towards inclusive storytelling and these numbers illuminate that really powerfully.” “Netflix is clearly leading the rest of the companies that are distributing buying content,” Smith said in an interview. original scripted series featured girls or women as leads or co-leads, up from 50.6% in 2018. Also noted in the report - nearly 57% of Netflix U.S.
original scripted movies featuring girls or women as leads or co-leads in 2021, compared with 41% in the industry’s top 100 films, according to Stacy Smith, founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and one of the report’s authors. The company outpaced the rest of the film and TV industry, with 65% of U.S. Netflix has increasingly improved its diversity in many areas in front of and behind the camera, according to a report by USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released on Thursday.
