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Geena Davis Praises ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ For Diverse Casting, Sees More Opportunity For Progress In Hollywood – Bentonville Film Festival
Geena Davis talks about the 'Mission: Impossible' finale and casting with diversity in mind at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas.
Similarly, for narrative-fiction films in competition, the festival reports 60% feature leads who identify as women or gender non-conforming; virtually half the cast members are BIPOC, and 17% represent people with disabilities. On Friday afternoon, Davis will take part in what has become a BFF annual tradition – the Geena & Friends event where an all-star lineup of noteworthy actors “reimagine memorable movie scenes through a woman’s lens,” as the festival describes it. This year, joining Davis are Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo ( The Penguin), Toks Olagundoye ( Frasier), Alysia Reiner ( The Diplomat), and Brenda Song ( Running Point).
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