Superpowering Women in Science Fiction and Superhero Film: A Ten Year Investigation

What are the roles for women and girls in science fiction and superhero films and television? Are they visible? Are they powerful? Are they inclusive? What do their representation, voice share, presence — or absence — mean to the stories that shape our imaginations of who we are and what is possible?

These are some of the questions we approached in a series of reports that the Women’s Media Center and BBC America will release with a goal of expanding both the diversity and the representation of women and girls in front of and behind the camera. “SuperPowering Women in Science Fiction and Superhero Film — A Women’s Media Center Report in Association with BBC America,” our second joint study, explores the overall history of female representation in front of and behind the camera in the science fiction and superhero film genres and conducts a deeper dive into representation in the past decade.