Stacy Smith

I run the largest and most prolific think tank conducting research on gender and race/ethnicity on screen and behind the camera in film/TV. We are changing the landscape of film/tv through our research. My work can be found at: http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/DrStacyLSmithMDSCI#aboutus If you have ever read any of the Geena Davis Institute studies or the work coming out of Sundance Institute/Women in Film - that is my research and powered by my Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at USC. We are the movement behind the movement. Our lab works with roughly 100 students per year and is supported by activists and organizations that care passionately about equality. You can read about our crusade with the links below: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/movies/on-many-fronts-women-are-fighting-for-better-opportunity-in-hollywood.html?_r=0 http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-measure-women-film-annenberg/

Solving gender & racial inequality in film and tv - both onscreen and behind the camera.

Want to solve gender inequality in film? Just add five female speaking characters to each of the top 100 movies each year. If repeated each year, equality can be achieved in just four years. Cost? Only $4,400.00 per film.

Inequality in Media