The Future of Female-Driven Films Is Stories That ‘Dig Deeper,’ Women Directors Say (Video)
24.03.2022 - 23:03
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a 2021 study conducted by San Diego State University’s Dr. Martha M.
Lauzen reported that overall, women made up just 25% of those working in behind-the-scenes roles, such as directors, editors, writers, and producers, on the top grossing 250 films of the year. However, at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, 52% of the films were directed by women. In “The Future of Filmmaking Is Female” panel presented by Adobe and WrapWomen, the discussion centered on the importance of having more women storytellers.
The panelists included Sundance filmmakers Isabel Castro, Maliyamungu Muhande, Shaandiin Tome and Robbie Brenner, who is also executive vice president and executive producer of Mattel Films. Ann Lewnes, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of corporate strategy and development at Adobe, moderated the discussion.
The panel started with introductions of the filmmakers and their respective films, all of which premiered at this year’s Sundance. Brenner produced “Call Jane,” a coming-of-age story about a 1960s housewife who has an unwanted pregnancy and joins the Jane Collective to fight for women’s rights and to find help.Brenner said she worked on this film because of the lack of connection she’s been noticing between others, especially women, on social media.“I was drawn to [“Call Jane”] because I have two children, and I see where we’re going in the world,” Brenner said. “It’s important for us as women to come together as a community and hold each other’s hands and tell each other’s stories and make each other feel comfortable and seen and heard.”Maliyamungu Muhande directed her first short film, “Nine Days a Week,” about a 80-year-old Black street photographer, Louis Mendes, who started his career in 1950s
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