[ATTW-L] two reports on women in the film industry

[Dragga, Sam]

To jump start a class discussion of technical communication related to diversity, equity, and inclusion that might be especially engaging for your students, consider two new reports on women in the film industry.

The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University (https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu) in its 10-page study covers directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, producers, and composers, while the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative of the University of Southern California (https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/aii) in its 22-page study focuses on film directors. The two reports detail the persistent rarity of women in the film industry in spite of obvious successes (e.g., Greta Gerwig, director of Barbie).

The pair of reports also offer the opportunity for instructive comparison/contrast of their research methods, organization of information, adoption of plain language, choice and display of graphics, rhetorical and ethical impact, etc.

The SDSU study (“The Celluloid Ceiling: Employment of Behind-the-Scenes Women on Top Grossing U.S. Films in 2023”) is available at https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Celluloid-Ceiling-Report.pdf

The USC study (“Inclusion in the Director’s Chair: Analysis of Director Gender and Race/Ethnicity Across the 1,700 Top Films from 2007 to 2023”) is available at https://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/aii-inclusion-directors-chair-2024.pdf

CAUTION: Using classroom materials related to diversity, equity, and inclusion might be illegal in your location.

Sam

Sam Dragga
Professor Emeritus
Texas Tech University
sam.dragga at ttu.edu
1-806-543-6099

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