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Biographical Films Dataset

Representation of Gender and Race in Biographical Films

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Biographical Films And Representation Data
@fivethirtyeight.biopics.biopics

Column Description
title Title of the biopic
site URL of the film on IMDb
country Country of origin of the film
year_released Year the film was released
box_office Gross earnings at the U.S. box office
director Director of the film
number_of_subjects The number of subjects featured in the film
subject Name of the person or people the biopic is about
type_of_subject The occupation or reason the subject is known (e.g., athlete, politician, artist)
race_known Indicates whether the race of the subject is known
subject_race Race of the subject
person_of_color Boolean indicator if the subject is a person of color
subject_sex Sex of the subject (Male/Female)
lead_actor_actress Name of the actor or actress who portrayed the subject
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title

Title

site

Site

country

Country

year_release

Year Release

box_office

Box Office

director

Director

number_of_subjects

Number Of Subjects

subject

Subject

type_of_subject

Type Of Subject

race_known

Race Known

subject_race

Subject Race

person_of_color

Person Of Color

subject_sex

Subject Sex

lead_actor_actress

Lead Actor Actress

10 Rillington Placehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066730/UK1971-Richard Fleischer1John ChristieCriminalUnknownMaleRichard Attenborough
12 Years a Slavehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/US/UK2013$56.7MSteve McQueen1 Solomon NorthupOtherKnownAfrican American1MaleChiwetel Ejiofor
127 Hourshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/US/UK2010$18.3MDanny Boyle1Aron RalstonAthleteUnknownMaleJames Franco
1987http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2833074/Canada2014-Ricardo Trogi1Ricardo TrogiOtherKnownWhiteMaleJean-Carl Boucher
20 Dateshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138987/US1998$537KMyles Berkowitz1Myles BerkowitzOtherUnknownMaleMyles Berkowitz
21http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/US2008$81.2MRobert Luketic1Jeff MaOtherKnownAsian American1MaleJim Sturgess
24 Hour Party Peoplehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274309/UK2002$1.13MMichael Winterbottom1Tony WilsonMusicianKnownWhiteMaleSteve Coogan
42http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/US2013$95M Brian Helgeland1Jackie RobinsonAthleteKnownAfrican American1MaleChadwick Boseman
8 Secondshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109021/US1994$19.6MJohn G. Avildsen1Lane FrostAthleteUnknownMaleLuke Perry
84 Charing Cross Roadhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/US/UK1987$1.08MDavid Hugh Jones2Frank DoelAuthorUnknownMaleAnthony Hopkins

CREATE TABLE biopics (
  "title" VARCHAR,
  "site" VARCHAR,
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year_release" BIGINT,
  "box_office" VARCHAR,
  "director" VARCHAR,
  "number_of_subjects" BIGINT,
  "subject" VARCHAR,
  "type_of_subject" VARCHAR,
  "race_known" VARCHAR,
  "subject_race" VARCHAR,
  "person_of_color" BIGINT,
  "subject_sex" VARCHAR,
  "lead_actor_actress" VARCHAR
);

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