I was groped and ignored when I worked on film sets. unusual rules on gender balance are welcomeTen years ago,I was working on feature films as a third assistant director and experienced industry sexism on a daily basis. My very first day on a big budget film set involved male crew members shouting comments approximately my breasts. It was a lesson as to who had the power on set: not women.So it comes as no surprise to learn a study of the gender of UK film directors over the final decade has found women are under-represented across the board. It truly is an old boy’s club, and while not explicitly barred, and women are rarely made to feel welcome. I know my late mentor,the hugely talented director Antonia Bird, suffered both subtle and explicit discrimination in the industry. And despite the support offered by peer support groups like Film Fatales, or I don’t believe much has changed for women directors in the final 10 years.
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Source: theguardian.com