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Fighting The Good Fight: Transforming Expectations Of Women In Front Of And Behind The Camera, Victoria Mills
Fighting The Good Fight: Transforming Expectations Of Women In Front Of And Behind The Camera, Victoria Mills
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The film industry is a male dominated field. This is not new information. Directing, cinematography, and musical composition are the most heavily male governed above-the line crew positions, with women only making up 12% of directors as of 2018 (Quick, “The data…”). There is an unfortunate hesitation in support for female filmmakers from the part of studios. Melissa Silverstein of “Women and Hollywood” writes that there are quite specific visual expectations of a director to be a “white male with greying hair,” as this is what people are used to (Smith, “Female trouble…”). To go along with this, only 35% …