Sentences with phrase «women and people of color directing»

Earlier in the season, especially after Jordan Peele and Greta Gerwig were not nominated for best - director Golden Globe awards, it looked as if the directors» race might be tinged with injustice, a distillation of creaky prejudices about women and people of color directing movies.

Not exact matches

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

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

Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler recently spoke at Vulture Festival LA about their highly - anticipated films as both are directing genre blockbusters that fans also anticipate being huge in advancing representation for women and 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.)