Passes the Bechdel test

The Hate U Give

Name: The Hate U Give
Released: 2018

2018. Directed by George Tillman Jr., written by Audrey Wells and Angie Thomas.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
14 women characters. 17 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 11 scenes out of 99.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly-Black neighborhood where she lives, and the rich, mostly-white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, she must find her voice and stand up for what's right.

Released: 19 Oct 2018
Genres: Crime, Drama
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.5 / 10
Metascore: 81 / 100
Awards: 22 wins & 38 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Starr 314 lines, woman
Mav 112 lines, man
Lisa 82 lines, woman
Chris 57 lines, man
Khalil 50 lines, man
Carlos 34 lines, man
Hailey 33 lines, woman
Kenya 32 lines, woman
Seven 28 lines, man
April Ofrah 25 lines, woman

Full cast, 35 people

Amandla Stenberg as Starr Carter
Regina Hall as Lisa Carter
Russell Hornsby as Maverick Carter
KJ Apa as Chris Bryant
Common as Uncle Carlos
Anthony Mackie as King
Algee Smith as Khalil Harris
Lamar Johnson as Seven Carter
Issa Rae as April Ofrah
Sabrina Carpenter as Hailey Grant
TJ Wright as Sekani Carter
Dominique Fishback as Kenya
Megan Lawless as Maya Yang
Tony Vaughn as Mr. Lewis
Karan Kendrick as Iesha Robinson
Susan Santiago as Detective Gomez
Rayven Symone Ferrell as Denaisa Allen
Marcia Wright as Tammy
Drew Starkey as Brian MacIntosh
Dustin Lewis as DA Monroe
Rhonda Johnson Dents as Ms. Rosalie
Brian Lafontaine as Wilkes
Al Mitchell as Mr. Reuben
Iyana Halley as Bianca
Tanya Christiansen as Diane Carey
Andrene Ward-Hammond as Brenda Harris
Heaven Hightower as Natasha
Myles Alexander Evans as Chance
Kai N. Ture as Young Starr Carter
Hassan Welch as Young Seven Carter
Maxwell Cardona as Young Khalil Harris
Abby Glover as White Girl
Milton Saul as Nation of Islam / Church Goer (uncredited)
Shay Mack as Waitress
Robert Tinsley as Police Officer (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 99

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	6	11
4 to 6	4	0
7 to 9	16	10
10 to 12	8	1
13 to 15	84	31
16 to 18	22	22
19 to 21	46	29
22 to 24	1	6
25 to 27	14	4
28 to 30	7	17
31 to 33	28	3
34 to 36	13	25
37 to 39	24	21
40 to 42	7	8
43 to 45	44	10
46 to 48	11	5
49 to 51	12	0
52 to 54	5	1
55 to 57	22	30
58 to 60	48	1
61 to 63	31	43
64 to 66	5	6
67 to 69	9	12
70 to 72	6	0
73 to 75	26	5
76 to 78	14	7
79 to 81	14	7
82 to 84	0	0
85 to 87	1	5
88 to 90	5	9
91 to 93	8	5
94 to 96	7	0
97 to 99	7	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

STARR: At Williamson, I flip a switch in my brain . 'Williamson Starr' doesn't use slang. If a rapper would say it, she doesn't, even if her white … WHITE GIRL: Heeey, boo! STARR: Hi, how are you? STARR: Slang makes them cool. Slang makes me 'hood.'

KENYA: Listening to Taylor Swift tryin' to sang. STARR: Okay, that's . • • somewhat true. KENYA: Anyway, we 'bout to run up on that thot Denasia. BIANCA: Ol ' trick. You know she been running her mouth 'bout you, right?

LISA: You just get in? TAMMY: Yeah ••• Barely with all the delays at LaGuardia. Hate that this is the reason I'm back home .

LISA: I don't want the whole world knowing Starr's the witness . She doesn't need that kind of attention . STARR: This is my fault . I didn't say the right things. I screwed up .

STARR: Damn. MAYA: It's her food baby. We ate too much at lunch. Here's mi~e. Cute, right? HAILEY: Dammit, Starr! Just pretend the ball is a piece of fried chicken. STARR: What was that?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 62 are women's.

555 lines from women, 334 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

14 women and 15 men in the cast. 17 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 5 of 973. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 18 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 63% of the words (6,542), men 37% (3,843). Women have 62% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: George Tillman Jr. (man)
Written by: Audrey Wells (woman)
From the novel by: Angie Thomas (woman)
Produced by: Marty Bowen (man), Wyck Godfrey (man), Robert Teitel (man), George Tillman Jr. (man)
Shot by: Mihai Malaimare Jr. (man)
Edited by: Alex Blatt (gender not listed), Craig Hayes (gender not listed)
Music by: Dustin O'Halloran (man)
Production design by: William Arnold (man)
Costumes by: Frank L. Fleming (man)
Cast by: Yesi Ramirez (woman)