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May 23, 2016

25 years later, Geena Davis reflects on ‘Thelma & Louise’

Directed by Ridley Scott, the road movie (which opened May 24, 1991) follows two women on the run, caught in an outsized misunderstanding with law enforcement. Thelma & Louise was nominated for six Academy Awards and won best screenplay, a prize that went to Nashville creator Callie Khouri. The film ranks No. 24 and No. 78 on the American Film Institute’s lists of the top movie heroes and the most inspiring films of all time, respectively. Read More…

May 19, 2016

Star Wars and CodeGirl to Win Best Portrayals of Leading Women in Tech

“Our research has shown that there is a 15:1 ratio of male to females characters depicted with STEM careers in family films, prime time and children’s TV shows,” said Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media CEO Madeline Di Nonno. “It may take years to achieve actual gender parity in STEM, however in media, we can create an abundance of female characters in STEM overnight. We’re honored to be founding partners with Google and NCWIT of the Reel WIT Awards.” Read More…

May 18, 2016

At Cannes, The Year of the Women

Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis reunited at this year’s Cannes Film Festival some twenty five years after “Thelma & Louise” sparked a feminist firestorm. The film was a box office success, inspired countless think pieces and fierce debate, and scored Oscar nominations for both actresses. But Sarandon lamented that its impact was ephemeral. “Well I don’t think the studios have fallen off their horse and had some kind of epiphany about women in film,” she said. “After Thelma and Louise, they predicted there would be so many films starring women. But it didn’t happen.” Read More…

May 17, 2016

Women in Motion Talk with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon talk with Women in Motion about what hasn’t happened for women in film and what could be possible overnight. Watch Video…

May 17, 2016

Why Directing Actors Is Like Being a Psychologist

Earlier this month, the Geena Davis– and Trevor Drinkwater–founded Bentonville Film Festival, based out of Arkansas, kicked off its second year of pushing inclusive films with female-driven voices into the mainstream. Using research from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which revealed that “across 1,565 content creators, only 7 percent of directors, 13 percent of writers, and 20 percent of producers are female,” a 4.8-to-one male-to-female ratio behind the scenes, 34 films were selected out of 500 for the slate. To shift that ratio in mainstream films, BFF is the only festival that guarantees the winners of the narrative, family film, and audience award categories distribution through corporate sponsors that include AMC and Walmart. Read More…

May 16, 2016

Geena Davis in The Exorcist on FOX

The Exorcist FOX is coming soon to@FOXTV. Geena Davis plays the mother Angela who believes there is something in the house, a demonic presence, growing stronger by the day. ‪#‎TheExorcist‬ Watch Video…

May 15, 2016

See Jane Salon – Keeping Up with Generation Z

The media landscape is dramatically shifting from content to consumption to distribution. Content creators are re-inventing how they conceive, produce and distribute content to appeal to how Generation Z consumes content in a non-demand digital life. Generation Z is seeking entertainment that reflects the diverse stories of their world and how they see themselves in society. Read More…

May 13, 2016

Will summer blockbusters do right by women?

The outlook on female-centric films is depressingly cyclical, says Oscar winner Geena Davis, a women’s activist who has watched waves of discussion on the topic since Thelma & Louise debuted 25 years ago. “As time wore on, I realized — so every few years a movie comes out starring women and does great and is a big hit. And it’s announced that ‘This changes everything,’ ” she says, only to revert back. Read More…

May 13, 2016

The Surprising Reason Every Feminist Should Watch ‘Grace And Frankie’ Season 2

As unfortunate as this fact is, it’s still no surprise that, women, especially older women, are underpaid and underrepresented in Hollywood. That’s why a show like Grace & Frankie is still so groundbreaking and significant in 2016. Grace & Frankie depicts women in their ‘70s living full lives — having fun, drinking, dealing with grief, creating art, contributing important ideas, and having sex. Read More…

May 12, 2016

First Look – Geena Davis in The Exorcist TV Series

“The Exorcist” series will take the form of a psychological thriller. Starring are Geena Davis, Alfonso Herrera (as Father Tomas Ortega), and Ben Daniels (as Father Marcus Lang). Beasts of No Nation‘s Kurt Egyiawan co-stars as Father Bennett, a liaison for the Vatican, with Hannah Kasulka playing Casey Rance, the wallflower of the family, who is worried about her sister, Charlotte (Brianne Howey), who has been holed up in her room ever since her serious accident. Read More…

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