Number Crunch

The Financial Cost of Hollywood’s Racism

The cost of not giving black films and filmmakers the funding, support, or distribution they deserve

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2 min readMar 22, 2021

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Number Crunch logo in the top right corner, above the text “$10 billion: How much revenue Hollywood loses out on every year by undervaluing Black films and filmmakers Source: McKinsey & Co.” Behind the text is a film slate illustration.

$10 billion: That’s how much the American film and TV industry stands to gain in annual revenues, a 7% increase from the baseline, by addressing racial inequities prevalent in the…

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