: Women of color over 45 are nearly invisible in leading roles; research found zero films in 2021 featuring a woman of color in this age bracket as a primary lead. Shifting Narratives vs. Persistent Stereotypes

: Men experience only a 3% drop in roles after age 40, while women's representation plummets by 13% .

: Characters over 50 make up less than a quarter of all on-screen personas. In this bracket, men outnumber women by nearly 4 to 1 in films and 3 to 1 in broadcast TV.