#5: Bechdel Test

Project Overview

The Bechdel Test is a simple way of measuring the representation of women in a film or other work of fiction. A work earns points for each of three criteria:

1. The work must have at least two women in it,

2. who talk to each other,

3. about something other than a man.

The test was popularized by Alison Bechdel's 1985 comic strip called "The Rule" and has grown in popularity as a simple way to measure the representation of women in works of fiction. The website BechdelTest.com provides both a searchable database and a publicly-available API that includes over 10,000 films and their Bechdel Test ratings, allowing users to explore and analyze patterns in gender representation in cinema.

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MicroProejct Part #3: Line Chart Data Visualization of Bechdel Test Scores per Year

MicroProject Part #3.2: Area Chart Data Visualization of Percentages of Movies with each Bechdel Test Scores per Year

bechdeltest.com API documentation