#diversity-and-representation tag

Screen Grabs: Our favorite films of 2025 - 48 hills

AI, corporate consolidation, and politicized leadership are threatening Hollywood jobs, creative risk, diversity, and independent production funding.

US politics

fromThe Nation

4 weeks ago

Can These Politician Activists Make it to Congress?

Progressive grassroots and diverse candidates scored notable victories, indicating rising public demand for dignity, representation, and self-determination.

US politics

fromAdvocate.com

1 month ago

Newly elected Virginia lieutenant governor appoints LGBTQ+ advocate to transition team

Lt. Gov.-elect Ghazala Hashmi assembled a diverse 20-member transition team of legislators, local leaders, labor, environmental, academic, and advocacy figures emphasizing equity and representation.

Arts

fromElite Traveler

2 months ago

The Art World Descends: What to See and Where to Be at Frieze London 2025

Frieze London spotlights contemporary artists with increased representation of overlooked female, African, Latin American and Indigenous artists, while Frieze Masters pursues rediscovery of historical works.

Film

fromwww.theguardian.com

3 months ago

Go woke, go broke'? New study challenges claims progressive films flop at the box office

Diverse casting can boost horror, sports and music films, but heavy-handed politics or rewriting legacy characters risks significant box-office losses for big-budget blockbusters.

fromwww.standard.co.uk

3 months ago

From the call centre to the BAFTAs: A story of remarkable transformation

One employer asked him, Have you thought about taking elocution lessons? Others told him his film ideas which explored diversity in innovative ways - were a bit niche. I was 28 and at the end of my tether, he recalled. I was working a minimum wage job in a call centre, my life on hold, trying to break into TV. But the industry felt very Oxbridge and very white dominated by people with cut-glass BBC accents.