For example, both “Norma Rae” (1979) and “Belle” (2013) are based on true stories but are classified on IMDb as drama, and drama and romance, respectively. ![]() This is by no means a comprehensive list, since many biographical films overlap with other genres, such as drama and musical, and are therefore classified as something else. Since the characters in the film were often based loosely on an actual person, I found the real name of each subject and his or her demographic information. A total of 676 films featuring 761 subjects were included in the sample. I was looking specifically for the people Hollywood chose to profile for a U.S. To get these numbers, I searched IMDb for feature films categorized within the “biography” genre and released in the United States, the U.K. White actors played people of color in 20 other biopics, too, from Marlon Brando as Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in “Viva Zapata!” (1952) to a film as recent as “A Mighty Heart” (2007), in which Angelina Jolie played journalist Mariane Pearl, who is of Afro-Chinese-Cuban descent on her mother’s side. Cleopatra was the subject of three of the 21 films about women of color, and the Egyptian queen was played by a white actress every time. And even when a biopic is made about a person of color, the actress cast to play her might be white. By my analysis, just 21 biopics have been about women of color. Women of color are the worst-represented demographic group among biopic subjects I looked at. The latest report from the Media, Diversity & Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California on the representation of race, gender and LGBT status in film found that nearly three-quarters of all speaking or named characters in the top 100 highest-grossing movies of 2014 were white, and 7 in 10 were male. We know Hollywood is a predominantly white, male-dominated space. This is not particularly shocking - our friends at Fusion recently found similar results analyzing 120 critically acclaimed and high-grossing biopics. The genre has seen vast improvement in the presence of women and people of color, but Hollywood biopics still tend to reproduce to a greater degree the stories of white men from all corners of society. ![]() Since the early 20th century, more than 80 percent of biopicture subjects whose race or ethnicity I was able to determine have been white, and 77 percent of subjects have been men. 4Īpparently, the people with important lives are white men. That’s according to my analysis of IMDb data on biographical films released from 1915 through 2014. theaters this summer, 3 and only about a quarter of all biopic subjects are women. Women don’t fare much better in the genre than people of color - there is only one 2 biopic about a woman in U.S. So which figures filmmakers spotlight matters, as does whom they ignore (or can’t get the funding to feature). Biopics offer an interpretation of lives deemed important (and profitable) by Hollywood, and they often try to make a statement about their subjects’ historical or cultural significance. ![]() Unlike documentaries, which typically include raw footage and interviews, biopics are dramatizations, loosely based on the real-life events of actual people. Dre among its producers, is also exceptional in mainstream Hollywood - it’s the only biopic about people of color in wide release this summer 1 and one of only a couple of dozen made about people of color so far this decade. You can select 'Free' and hit the notification bell to be notified when movie is available to watch for free on streaming services and TV.In theaters Friday, “Straight Outta Compton” tells the story of the hip-hop group N.W.A., five young rappers from Compton, California, who revolutionized rap and its place in the mainstream music industry in the 1980s. There are no options to watch Straight Outta Compton for free online today in Canada. Where can I watch Straight Outta Compton for free? It is also possible to buy "Straight Outta Compton" on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Cineplex, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video as download or rent it on FlixFling, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, Cineplex online. ![]() Something wrong? Let us know! Straight Outta Compton - watch online: streaming, buy or rentĬurrently you are able to watch "Straight Outta Compton" streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus, Netflix basic with Ads, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel. We checked for updates on 114 streaming services on Decemat 2:57:20 a.m.
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