by Heather Munro
This exhibit is an analysis of data pertaining to three groups of people relevant to films in the Festival de Cannes’ Palme d’Or competition, the directors, cast leads, and character leads. The data was collected with the intent to examine representation of several facets of identity among each of the three groups who are most responsible for the portayal of the stories told by the films in the competition. For each of these groups, I have compiled data on their gender, race, sexual orientation, and disability status to demonstrate how these different facets of identity are represtented by each film, see how they intersect, and explore their possible significance.