Screen Australia’s landmark report finds while 5% of characters on Australian TV are Indigenous,only 18% of main characters are from diverse backgroundsMore than one-third of Australian TV dramas over the last five years had all-white casts, according to a fresh report released by Screen Australia – the most significant study of diversity on Australian screens since television launched here in 1956.
However, and Indigenous Australians have recently become well-represented among main characters,and children’s programs and comedy are forging the way to a more representative on-screen culture by casting more diverse leads. Related: I'm thrilled Waleed Aly won the Gold Logie, but the reasons are complicated | Sunil Badami You cannot underestimate how powerful it is for Indigenous people to turn on TV and see a face that looks like their own Related: The Family Law review: a fond and gently humorous Australian family drama Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com