Sentences with phrase «directed by people of color»

Organizers say that 43 % of the competition films in this year's festival were directed by women and that 38 % were directed by people of color.

Not exact matches

Government lending data reviewed by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting shows the companies direct their lending toward white borrowers and white neighborhoods, even in metros like Philadelphia where a majority of residents are people of color.

Those numbers are up from last year, when less than 40 % films were directed by women and less than 30 % by people of color.

The festival's 2016 edition will unspool 42 world premieres, of which 43 % are directed by women and 38 % by people of color.

It boasted impressive stats related to diversity, with 42 percent of the films directed by women and 40 percent by people of color.

Hollywood has only grown more dependent on these big blockbusters, which are rarely ever directed by women and people of color, in part because studios keep rewarding filmmakers — like Singer — known for erratic workplace behavior or worse.

(One additional note on Best Supporting Actress to segue into surprises: Mary J. Blige is not only the first person ever nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song in the same year, but the first actor Oscar - nominated for a film directed by a woman of color, Mudbound's Dee Rees.)

raise awareness and sensitivity to potential acts of discrimination and / or harassment directed at students that are committed by students and / or school employees on school property or at a school function; including, but not limited to, discrimination and / or harassment based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex; and