The NFBC isn’t
playing around when it comes to gender parity: soon, half of its films will be
directed by women, whose projects will also get half of its production budget.
Female presence
behind the camera is dismal, ultimately pointing to the lack of strong female
narratives on film. I wish, though, that there were mention of more than just
storylines as the focus of ‘the cause’. I mean, are there not some other
distinct challenges preventing the progress of women filmmakers that are being
ignored? That Bechdel test – the article explains - is a little much though…
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