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For is that this gets settled quickly and swiftly, so that theres no more loss and that we can all move on and try to find ourselves a better society and not treat each other this way. are you doing anything at netflix to support ukrainian film—makers, the industry there? you know, we are talking about it, right, and figuring out right now the ways to kind of be supportive and also give funds to the people there and try to help all the damage thats happening there and give as many humanitarian...

We have a lot of different film groups, right? i have an animated group, a documentary group, an international group, multiple teams here. but what were really trying to do is, because theres multi ways for these different services at home, for me now its scaling back. now it is scaling back and being about quantity, but also recognising that quality is in the eye of the beholder. so we will make international films and animated films and documentaries that we try to make great forthat audience,...

Thats happening there and give as many humanitarian issues as we can and then figure out, as this goes forward, what we can do. i wanted to talk a little bit about representation. you know, the costume drama bridgerton already broke the mould with diverse casting. power of the dog, and in fact, the lost daughter, starring 0livia colman, both have women at the helm. but in the industry at large, obviously, women and black people in particular are still vastly underrepresented in the movie industr...

I mean, i think we realised that, like you said earlier, that our competitors were going to take our films off our service, so the licensed movies were going to go away. and so the concern was, with the consumer, will they have enough? will there be the storytelling there, right? so we did scale up very quickly knowing this was coming. and as weve done that, weve looked at it and said, "0k, theres a lot..." we have a lot of different film groups, right? i have an animated group, a documentary gr...

Build it from the inside out, right? so when you really think about representation, it starts within my own group, right, and making sure that in the room that the people making the decisions are diverse and theyre talking and supporting those stories. and then when you get into making those stories, weve seen so much in the studies weve done that when theres representation behind the camera, theres representation throughout, right? so its really looking to make sure that were doing that. and on...

Are you doing anything at netflix to support ukrainian film—makers, the industry there? you know, we are talking about it, right, and figuring out right now the ways to kind of be supportive and also give funds to the people there and try to help all the damage thats happening there and give as many humanitarian issues as we can and then figure out, as this goes forward, what we can do. i wanted to talk a little bit about representation. you know, the costume drama bridgerton already broke the...

On the small screen actually found it a bit boring and missed the twist. people who saw on the big screen absolutely loved it. so youve got to hope that those academy award voters saw it on the big screen. exactly. you never know. you never know these days where everybody�*s watching it, right? 0k, what about quality? its estimated netflix releases one majorfilm each week. you know, what do you say to those who argue, "look, your company is prioritising quantity over quality?" you know, i thin...

That our competitors were going to take our films off our service, so the licensed movies were going to go away. and so the concern was, with the consumer, will they have enough? will there be the storytelling there, right? so we did scale up very quickly knowing this was coming. and as weve done that, weve looked at it and said, "ok, theres a lot..." we have a lot of different film groups, right? i have an animated group, a documentary group, an international group, multiple teams here. but wha...

So that theres no more loss and that we can all move on and try to find ourselves a better society and not treat each other this way. are you doing anything at netflix to support ukrainian film—makers, the industry there? you know, we are talking about it, right, and figuring out right now the ways to kind of be supportive and also give funds to the people there and try to help all the damage thats happening there and give as many humanitarian issues as we can and then figure out, as this goes...