The Latinx List

Hollywood’s diversity crisis is often covered and debated, but the issues endemic to the industry remain. In fact, the most recent Oscar nominations featured only one person of color in top acting categories ‒ one. The Black List’s Franklin Leonard joins Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters Lab Fellow Danya Jimenez, who is on The Latinx List, to discuss efforts underway to diversify all aspects of the industry, and the potential that exists when writers of diverse backgrounds are provided a platform to share their work.