Has diversity increased across the years?

We color each movie by the percentage of white and non-white starring cast in the movie. The darker the shade, the more non-white persons there are in the starring cast of the movie.

To no one’s surprise, the silver screen has historically been dominated by white actors, with only more diversity in recent years.

This development could be read as a collective shift in media towards inclusivity necessitated by criticism against Hollywood’s systemic “Straight White Men” club, or the success of minority-led productions in subscription-based media like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu.