The #4PercentChallenge pushes for greater representation of women directors.
The BFI, Working Title Films and Lionsgate UK have today committed to push for greater representation of women directors as part of Time’s Up’s #4PercentChallenge.
The initiative is so named because just 4% of the top 1,200 studio films made over the last decade were directed by women, according to research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
By taking the “challenge”, companies commit to working with a female director on a feature film in the next 18 months. The project was formally launched by actress Tessa Thompson at Sundance earlier this year.
Several...
The BFI, Working Title Films and Lionsgate UK have today committed to push for greater representation of women directors as part of Time’s Up’s #4PercentChallenge.
The initiative is so named because just 4% of the top 1,200 studio films made over the last decade were directed by women, according to research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
By taking the “challenge”, companies commit to working with a female director on a feature film in the next 18 months. The project was formally launched by actress Tessa Thompson at Sundance earlier this year.
Several...
- 10/11/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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