Equality

  • NewsThe Wrap

    ‘I’ll Never Let Any Woman Direct Me': 11 Female Directors Recount Sexism and Discrimination (Guest Blog)

    The #MeToo movement has inspired women to expose entrenched sexual harassment and abuse in Hollywood. As the latest research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reveals, only 4 percent of Hollywood’s movies are directed by women. Hiring practices are the key to change, but few understand the tangled web that obstructs skilled women directors from building careers.

  • NewsVariety

    Why ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Should Lead to More Female-Centered Films

    How has the box office loved “Wonder Woman?” Let us count the ways. First, its opening weekend, which earned over $100 million in North America thanks in part to nearly universal support from the critical community. But that was just the beginning. Patty Jenkins’ movie went on to become the top earning live-action film directed... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/box-office/wonder-woman-beauty-and-the-beast-box-office-1202504023/" title="Read Why ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ S

  • NewsBen Skipper

    Shock Study Finds Women Direct Just 6.4% Of Hollywood Movies

    A shocking new report has found that only 6.4% of Hollywood films were directed by women across 2013 and 2014. The report also found that just 1.3% of those women were of an ethnic minority. The reports finding come during a year that has provided many feminist films - such as ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and 'Suffragette’ - and seen Jennifer Lawrence pen an open letter to Hollywood about pay inequality.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Jeremy Renner: Getting Equal Pay For Women Is Not My Job

    Jeremy Renner isn’t interested in getting equal pay for women in Hollywood, it would seem. Following Jennifer Lawrence’s excellent essay about closing the age gap between male and female actors, her ‘American Hustle’ co-star sounded like he was absolving himself from any responsibility. Asked about the issue during an interview with Business Insider, Renner said: “That’s not my job. “I do what I’m good at - that’s what I focus on.” Since the hacking of emails at Sony, it emerged that the male