shitpeoplesaytowomendirectors:WHY AREN’T WOMEN BEING HIRED FOR TELEVISION DIRECTING JOBS?“But of cou
shitpeoplesaytowomendirectors:WHY AREN’T WOMEN BEING HIRED FOR TELEVISION DIRECTING JOBS?“But of course, [directors] have to be OK’d by the network, so the network always says, ‘Ohhh, it’s the showrunners, they won’t let us hire more women.’ And then the showrunners meet with us, and they go, ‘Oh, we’ve never seen numbers like this!’ That’s an actual quote. ‘Oh, and I can’t believe we’ve never had a minority person or a woman in 13 years!’ That’s an actual quote from a meeting that I had… You just look at them, and go, ‘do you have a daughter? Do you care about that daughter? Then what are you doing?!’” — Betty Thomas, First vice president of the Directors Guild of America and co-chair of its Diversity Task ForceSOURCE: http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2015/05/21/42959/top-women-filmmakers-reveal-stories-of-gender-bias/ -- source link
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