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The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood
by Jones, Naomi McDougall
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Overview
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A deep dive into the current state of women in the film industry, revealing how systemic misogyny disrupts careers and what enterprising actresses and women filmmakers are doing about it. Actor, screenwriter and award-winning, indie filmmaker Naomi McDougall Jones reveals how we arrived at the shocking state of filmmaking in Hollywood today where only 5% of top studio films are directed by women and less than 20% of all the leading characters in mainstream American films are female. Women buy most movie tickets, yet they are the group studio executives consider last. Women who aspire to be in a cast or crew face gauntlets of rejection that, when not abusive, are nearly always systematic. Legal recourse is iffy, if it exists at all. Industry-wide too many people are fearful of losing their shot at success or stardom to speak out. And then some people are like McDougall Jones, part of a growing group, working outside the traditional studio system--courtesy of streaming services, crumbling distribution models, innovative online platforms, and outside advocacy groups. Informed by the journey of her own career; interviews with other women and men in film; and cold, hard data, she deconstructs the casual, commonplace sexism rampant in Hollywood, as well as the grassroots, women-in-film activism that is emerging after #metoo and the fall of Harvey Weinstein. The Wrong Kind of Woman makes a business case for financing and producing films by female filmmakers. But, the moral case is clear, too. Women in all industries who have experienced their own struggles with sexism will be inspired and empowered to take action by the stories here. It is--like women in film these days--fearless, bold, and ready for a closeup.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Jones, Naomi McDougall
- ISBN: 9780807033456
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.00 x 1.20
- Number Of Pages: 272
- Publication Year: 2020