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Peggy Thompson:
How audiences can become more aware of sexism against women in film and TV November 25, 2011 - Georgia Straight - "In almost every mainstream feature film and television program women and girls onscreen are outnumbered by men and boys by at least three to one and that number is even higher behind the camera ...." Click here to read the full article |
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WOMEN & HOLLYWOOD Guest Post: A Report From the 25th Annual Gemini Awards by Siobhan Devlin. How far have women come in gaining gender equity in the the Canadian television industry in the quarter century since the Gemini Awards were first established? Read this informative article at http://womenandhollywood.com/2010/12/07/guest-post-a-report-from-the-25th-annual-gemini-awards-by-sioban-devlin/ |
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CELLULOID CEILING The Vancouver Sun, Trade Talk by Malcolm Parry (Thursday, October 7, 2010) - CELLULOID CEILING: With North American women buying 55 per cent of theatre tickets, how come they constitute only four per cent of feature-film directors, 11 per cent of writers and 13 per cent of editors? Read Malcolm's interview with WIFTV President Robyn Wiener and Vice President Mary Bissell ... |
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REPORT ON WOMEN IN THE FILM INDUSTRY Telefilm Canada has commissioned a report on the state of women in the Canadian Feature Film Industry. The news is not good. The report states that while women receive more training than men in the Canadian industry, and attend film school in equal numbers, they work on lower budget films and have “less access” to public funds than their male counterparts. To read the full report, CLICK HERE.
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STATISTICS Here are some startling facts on the demographics of moviegoers as gathered by the MPAA in 2009:
-- A higher percentage of women than men are moviegoers in all categories of frequency. In total, there are 113 million female moviegoers, compared to 104 million male moviegoers
-- Women have higher attendance per capita (4.7 tickets per year) and attendance per moviegoer (6.9 tickets per year) averages than men.
-- Women buy a higher percentage of movie tickets (55%, or 778 million tickets) than they represent of the population (51%), and more than men buy (45%).
Bottom line:Women are more frequent moviegoers than men, yet less than 15 % of women are directing. Why do movies made for and by men dominate the market?
Read the full report here.
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