'Don't just fix the wound on top, get to the disease.” Ava is working to create lasting change in an industry that is slow to evolve — starting on her own set. Here's how she's transforming the male-dominated field into one that promotes gender equality:
In 2015, the predominately white Oscar nominations inspired the #OscarsSoWhite social campaign, which in turn led the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make sweeping changes to alter the makeup of their voting body. And yet, five years later we continue to find ourselves in the same predicament:As the year’s most anticipated award show — taking place on Feb.
“I feel not good about it,” DuVernay told us earlier this month at the TCA Winter Press Tour, days after the nominations were announced. “There needs to be change and it needs to be seriously strategized as opposed to chest beating and people being defensive or [creating] temporary solutions. It's a systemic issue.”
As one of the most vocal critics of the lack of diversity and gender parity in the film industry, DuVernay rejects the idea that just fixing the awards shows will lead to sustainable change.
So how does one create lasting change in an industry that is notoriously slow to evolve? DuVernay thinks one place to start is by attempting to assemble film crews that consist of 50% women. “Beyond the story itself, I think there are ways that we can be more muscular in our business practices in this industry.
In order to have equal numbers of men and women working on set, a lot more digging is required — especially given that many of the departments are traditionally male-dominated. “They are there, but if every man that you talk to is only referring another man, if every white person you talk to is only referring another white person, then how am I ever going to get to women? How am I ever going to get to gender fluid people?” she said.
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