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In 2021, the Cannes Film Festival programmed movies from an unprecedented number of women and people of color, more than in any other year. Director Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or for her film Titane, becoming only the second woman to do so. This win gave people hope that maybe change was coming from the white…

A few years ago, as filmmaker Roger Ross Williams contemplated founding his own production company, he experienced a Field of Dreams kind of vision: "If you build it, they will come." The revelation took place far from the Iowa cornfields of the movie. "I was actually walking by this big, empty office space in…

The BBC has hired media diversity specialist Joanna Abeyie on a short-term contract, a day after it emerged the corporation's diversity chief June Sarpong is to depart later this year. Abeyie will take on a six-month Interim Head of Creative Diversity role, working closely with the outgoing Director of Creative…

Diverse representation in the UK TV industry’s most senior ranks remains poor, according to the latest landmark Diamond diversity report, which showed representation of disabled people at the top is going backwards. The report, which is the fifth since the Diamond project was launched to monitor diversity across all…

Amazon Prime Video has hired BBC Head of Creative Diversity Miranda Wayland to oversee the streamer’s diversity strategy in Europe. Wayland becomes Head of Europe DEI for Amazon Studios and Prime Video. Reporting to Amazon Studios Head of DEI Latasha Gillespie, she will deliver programs across Europe designed to…

Shane/Nahley Communications has launched a diversity, equity and inclusion practice, which is headed by new hire Crisanta White. Prior to joining the firm, White ran external and internal communications campaigns for a number of consumer and entertainment brands. She managed grassroots publicity efforts for major…

EXCLUSIVE: Black representation in baseball will be the focus of MLB Tonight: A Conversation, which MLB Network will air on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, at 5 p.m. ET. Hosted by MLB Network analyst and former player Harold Reynolds, the show will feature new interviews with Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker and…

Nielsen, building on several of its recent reports about consumption of media by diverse audience groups, has broken out the kinds of podcasts that resonate most with those listeners. Average listening time for Asian Americans, Blacks, Hispanics, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ is about three hours a week, the…

UK broadcasters have committed to stop using the acronym BAME “wherever possible” in favor of specificity, as recommended by a report from the Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity. In a rare joint press statement, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Viacom-owned Channel 5 said they will all try and move away from the “catch…

The T. Howard Foundation and Fox Corporation are partnering to offer technology internships in media-related industries to diverse and underrepresented college students and young professionals. Through the Diversity-TECH (Train, Empower, Connect & Hire) program, the Foundation intends to increase the number of diverse…

Netflix said it has fulfilled a pledge to move two percent of its cash holdings, around $100 million, into Black-led banks and financial institutions, a plan it first announced in late June of 2020, and announced how the funds have been distributed. The idea is that better capitalized institutions will mean more home…

Ethnic diversity at ViacomCBS' U.S. operations nosed up to 37.7% from 36.2% over the past year and, at the VP level or higher, moved to 27.7% from 24.9%, according to the company's second DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) report since Viacom and CBS merged in late 2019. Among growth at the VP+ levels, Black…