“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” is Sitcom Diversity Done Right
This side-splitting workplace comedy features a diverse cast and tackles challenging social issues. Other sitcoms should take note.

Cemal and Süleyman are two good friends living in a small village near Antakya in the Çukurova region in the 1970s. Their biggest commonality is that instead of playing ordinary neighborhood games, they are drawn to new adventures. To prove themselves to the other kids in the neighborhood, they embark on a journey that requires courage. They set their sights on photographing Yılmaz Güney, who is in Adana filming his movie "Endişe" (Anxiety)! These two young friends, traveling on foot and with a stolen camera in hand, continue their journey through the valleys between Antakya and Adana, meeting new people along the way. As their paths cross with new lives and faces, their adventures take on a new dimension.
This side-splitting workplace comedy features a diverse cast and tackles challenging social issues. Other sitcoms should take note.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
In Jeymes Samuel's history-infused, neo-spaghetti western, Black women are center stage with a fresh hip hop mixtape keeping rhythm in the backdrop.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
Hiring bias is something that's rampant in all industries (even unconscious bias). But writing a script totally neutral not only opens the door for more diverse actors, but also for characters that are people first.
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.