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Because the movie studios that used to make 20 to 25 movies a year are now making eight to nine movies each year. now, the streamers are making films and there are other places, but i think that means that everyone is bigger now, everyone is more expensive, everyone is a franchise now. there has still been progress, i would also say even in the last few years, it was 4% of film directors were women, and i think less than i% were women of colour in the top 100 films, for years and years and years...

And the founder of putnam pictures, she has served for 11 years as the ceo of the sundance institute, which runs the sundance film festival. prior to that, she worked as a senior executive at miramax and hbo and is also the co—founder. welcome. thank you, its great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly—elected copresident of the producers guild of america — the first woman of colour to hold the position. stefanie served nine years as vice president in wom...

And i was like, reading is a job!? sign me up! so thats what i did, and that just created an opening into the world of cinema for me, and then women — amy pascal and don steele. they recognised my affinity for writing and for analysing material they promoted me, and the first thing i did was find somebody to replace me in the story department because i was the only person of colour there. stephanie says women were instrumental in helping her. what about you 7 what helped you succeed? i would s...

Intersectional. people who make the financial decisions are still a very homogenous group of people who look at the business side. there are exceptions, but they look at the business side as — what are we going to make back, what are the international sales going to be, what is the box office going to be? they set their budgets around that. so the money follows stories that look like what has succeeded before. so if things are coming from a different perspective... there is no comp. they cant ...

And we actually saw 150% growth in females directing those top box office movies, and a small growth in women of colour as well, not proportional unfortunately, but still growth. the numbers in 2019, the numbers went from 4% to 12%. since 2019, it has flatlined, no progress for the last four years. so, when you think about, when you think about constraints, fear, the way the global market is, i worry that there needs to be a conversation about, how do you take a time where maybe the market condi...

Themselves or they dont. and i think talking about what we each might have thought were possible for jobs or possible for ourselves, i think it is such an important part of this industry, it is one of the reasons i love it. hollywood, the industry, is one of the least, least... open, inclusive businesses. like, oil is more inclusive in terms of ceos and people of colour, than hollywood. and were setting the agenda. were creating the content that goes all over the world. so if you think about tha...

Animal rising was a sister organisation and their campaign was for animal rights and welfare of animals. if we think about the horses, we understand one horse has lost its life today. we dont know the information but another horse died this week. it is four miles and theissue, died this week. it is four miles and the issue, really, is that it is a jumping race and that is the most hazardous for the horses. over the years dozens of horses have died here at the grand national. the jockey club says...

One of the enduring legends around the Thin White Duke was the unearthly colour of his eyes… but the truth is rather different.

And it— but elsewhere this is the first step and it will— but elsewhere this is the first step and it will get to that inevitable moment— and it will get to that inevitable moment where one government one day will hopefully, this one will realise _ will hopefully, this one will realise the sentiment against gambling advertisement sponsorship and the _ gambling advertisement sponsorship and the harm it does do to people and the harm it does do to people and we _ and the harm it does do to p...

Of the barriers for women, and for women of colour in particular? camille. some of the barriers are, i think a lot of it sometime isjust not... i want to say maybe sometime not knowing the right people and not being in the right place. but even if you arent, i think you have to show up, and ill say this. people call me and theyre like. — "well, im doing this low—budget movie, "so theyre not going to get my whole kit. "theyre not going to get this." no. if you show up, show up every day with ...