"Egregious" TV Errors Fuel Native and Indigenous Groups' Calls for Better Representation
ABC's 'Big Sky' has drawn claims of exclusion and misrepresentation. Activists and leaders in the industry say that Hollywood has significant outreach work to do: "There's not parity in terms of the Native community getting an equal amount of support with what the other communities are getting." On Dec. 2, Indigenous groups protesting the lack of Native and Indigenous female representation on the ABC procedural Big Sky sent a message that they won't be backing down anytime soon. Not long after the show's executive producers responded for the first time to the weeks-long protest — saying...
Source: hollywoodreporter.com