With Tuesday's announcement of 42 world premieres across five competition sections, the Los Angeles Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, is continuing to make the case that anyone seeking diversity in entertainment should look its way.Organizers say that 43% of the competition films in this year's festival were directed by women and that 38% were directed by people of color. Those numbers are up from last year, when less than 40% films were directed by women and less than 30% by people of color

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