Game Changers: Kasi Lemmons on uphill battle for female filmmakers of color: 'People think director, they think white man.'
when pointing out the vast underrepresentation of female filmmakers of color in Hollywood: Fewer than 1 percent of all directing jobs went to women non-white women in the 1,300 top movies released from 2007 to 2019, while white men accounted for 82.5 percent. According to Lemmons, who helmed last year's Oscar-nominated Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet, that diminutive number stems from the power structure of the film industry. "I think when people are looking for directors they often look f...
Game Changers: Kasi Lemmons on uphill battle for female filmmakers of color: 'People think director, they think white man.'
when pointing out the vast underrepresentation of female filmmakers of color in Hollywood: Fewer than 1 percent of all directing jobs went to women non-white women in the 1,300 top movies released from 2007 to 2019, while white men accounted for 82.5 percent. According to Lemmons, who helmed last year's Oscar-nominated Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet, that diminutive number stems from the power structure of the film industry. "I think when people are looking for directors they often look f...
