Sexism in Hollywood and Feminist Thumbs

Film industry goes through many positives  but also let down to negatives with  ‘whitewashing’ of films been the latest argument. One controversy that’s been around for a very long time and seems to get sadly ignored and that’s sexism in Hollywood.

The Women and Hollywood site in which British indie director Rachel Tunnard presents a short video of two thumbs discussing sexism in Hollywood. The thumb to the right is a young female filmmaker with dreams of directing the kinds of films that studios and producers too often prevent women from making. The thumb to the right is playing devil’s advocate and slowly eroding that dream – simply and hilariously speaking it as it is.

Check out the short…

Director recently had a chat with Woman And Hollywood – “Over the past few years I’ve been making a comedy feature film called “Adult Life Skills” and I am being asked a lot in the press about being a “woman in film.”
Sometimes, it’s hard to talk about being a “female filmmaker” without sounding like you have a massive chip on your shoulder (I do have a chip but it is about my mum not letting me have a shell suit in the late 1980s because she thought I would set fire to myself).

I don’t want to rant about how sexism is about undermining your power and authority not just saying “your tits look nice in that top” so lets just say — some of the things in this video actually happened — and not the bit stopping the filming to go to the toilet and gossip with my Director of Photography. (I’m not saying we didn’t gossip on the loo — I’m saying we just waited until someone shouted “CUT!”) “

As you know, sexism in the film industry continues to deny talented female filmmakers the opportunity to make the films they want to. Hopefully projects like this will continue to draw more mainstream attention to that fact.

Adult Life Skills is set for UK Cinemas on 24th June or catch the film at it’s UK premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival on 18th then 19th June [more info]

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