A Partnership to Champion Diversity in Entertainment [Video]

UCLA’s latest Hollywood Diversity Report shows that women and people of color who work in film and television are better represented than in the past. But, the 2019 report also shows, their numbers still don’t proportionately reflect the U.S. population.

Is this a “pipeline” problem? Or is the pipeline leaking as talented people weary of the institutional obstacles that prevent their advancement in fields where they’re underrepresented? Or both?

A partnership between UCLA Anderson’s Center for Management of Entertainment, Media & Sports and Howard University launched last summer with the goal of increasing talent in the career pipeline. Sponsored by AT&T, where UCLA Anderson alumnus John Stankey (’91) is now CEO of AT&T’s WarnerMedia, and championed by Lionsgate vice chairman and fellow alumnus Michael Burns (’92), the partnership represents industry executives’ commitment to sealing the pipeline leaks.

The program brings Howard students to UCLA for the Center for MEMES’ annual six-week summer institute, exposing them to the entertainment industry capital …