We need to encourage more women, support more women, #fight for more women, give opportunities to more women, and lift up more people who #identify as #women... because our voices matter, our skills are equivalent, our stories are relevant, and our strength is undeniable. . . . Watch âSeeing is Believing: Women Directâ on @seedandspark and get the information, insights, and motivation you need as a #female identifying human to keep going! . . . The problem is systemic. Itâs habit. Itâs historic. And we need to change the thinking, the pattern, the habit... #collaboration is key in the #filmmaking industry. We must work together to #solvetheproblem . . #Repost @nytgender ăťăťăť Nearly every major awards show this season has fielded an all-male lineup for the best-director category, and the Oscars were no different. While Greta Gerwig (âLittle Womenâ), Lulu Wang (âThe Farewellâ), Marielle Heller (âA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhoodâ), Lorene Scafaria (âHustlersâ), Melina Matsoukas (âQueen & Slimâ) and Kasi Lemmons (âHarrietâ) delivered well-reviewed movies that connected at the box office in 2019, none received a directing nod for this yearâs Academy Awards. Black actors and actresses were largely overlooked as well, with the British-Nigerian actress Cynthia Erivo (âHarrietâ) as the sole nominee. And, the list of Oscar nominees across the board is awfully white, and aside from âParasite,â the films nominated for best picture feature virtually no people of color. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has mounted an effort to double female and minority membership, in large part by inviting in more film professionals from overseas. But even after four years of the initiative, the organization remains 68 percent male and 84 percent white. More on the 2020 Oscar Nominations at the link in bio. đ˝đ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Tid06DzRp/?igshid=85hz4n2zxodg