A UK Film Council survey shows that older women in the UK want to see more of their sexual desire depicted in film, while black and gay people would like to see less of a focus on theirs, according to The Guardian.
The survey of 4,315 people highlighted a series of stereotypes and imbalances in films. Almost three-quarters of eastern European respondents pointed to a tendency to portray them as poor, 74% of Asian respondents said films failed to represent their culture authentically, and 80% of black respondents believe films contain too many black drug dealers.
The release of the survey’s findings is expected to be one of the last acts of the UK Film Council, which will close on 1 April following a decision announced last July by the UK culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt.
