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Amazon Studios Demands Productions Include 50% Female Characters As Well As LGBTQ, Disabled, and Underrepresented Racial Groups

Ashe Schow
Amazon Studios Demands Productions Include 50% Female Characters As Well As LGBTQ, Disabled, and Underrepresented Racial Groups
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Amazon Studios has released a new policy it says is aimed at increasing diversity, inclusion, and equity in its content and productions.

The new policy, which Deadline reported was revealed on Wednesday, includes a requirement that creative teams and characters meet certain diversity requirements and that characters are played by actors whose identity aligns. The full policy states the following goals for the studio’s productions, as reported by Deadline:

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