Content # Biopics This folder contains the data behind the story ['Straight Outta Compton' Is The Rare Biopic Not About White Dudes](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/straight-outta-compton-is-the-rare-biopic-not-about-white-dudes). `biopics.csv` contains the following variables: Variable | Definition ---|--------- `title` | Title of the film. `site` | URL from IMDB. `country` | Country of origin. `year_released` | Year of release. `box_office` | Gross earnings at U.S. box office. `director` | Director of film. `number_of_subjects` | The number of subjects featured in the film. `subject` | The actual name of the featured subject. `type_of_subject` | The occupation of subject or reason for recognition. `race_known` | Indicates whether the subject’s race was discernible based on background of self, parent, or grandparent. `subject_race` | Race of the subject. `person_of_color` | Dummy variable that indicates person of color. `subject_sex` | Sex of subject. `lead_actor_actress` | The actor or actress who played the subject. Source: [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/). Context This is a dataset from [FiveThirtyEight](https://fivethirtyeight.com/) hosted on their [GitHub](https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data). Explore FiveThirtyEight data using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the FiveThirtyEight [organization page](https://www.kaggle.com/fivethirtyeight)! * Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily. Acknowledgements This dataset is maintained using GitHub's [API](https://developer.github.com/v3/?) and Kaggle's [API](https://github.com/Kaggle/kaggle-api). This dataset is distributed under the [Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. [Cover photo](https://unsplash.com/photos/7_a4ZEJF1T0) by [Denisse Leon](https://unsplash.com/@denisseleon) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) _Unsplash Images are distributed under a unique [Unsplash License](https://unsplash.com/license)._