With a few notable exceptions (Insecure, anyone?), it’s not hard to turn on the TV and see a problem with media. According to research from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, across 1,300 top films from 2007 to 2019, just 57 films (4.8%) were directed by women, and only 11 of those women were from “underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.” And while in 2019 the number of women directors in the 100 top-grossing films of the year hit an all-time high (12 women and 4 women of color: woohoo), we still have a lot of ground to cover.

By Kaelyn Timmins, Made In Her Image Community Manager