There have been more women behind the camera as well.
Women of color saw similar growth in write and creator roles, the study reported.
As for films, 27.7% had women of color as leads/co-leads in 2021.
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That number was 54.75% for series.
Thats about 19 percentage points higher than in 2018.
For series, that number was actually much higher at 22%.
As for behind the camera, 4.5% of films and 2.7% of series had Latinx directors.
Only 3.6% of series creators were Latinx.
In 2021, there were zero series that featured a lead or co-lead with a disability.
About 7.7% of films did.
About 1% of all speaking characters across film and TV had a disability.
During a panel on Wednesday, Netflix leadership expressed commitment to filling those gaps that remain.
