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Cate Blanchett Is Pushing for More Funding for Women and LGBTQ Filmmakers, but She Wants to Know Why Nobody Asks Men How to Fix It
Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini and Dr. Stacy Smith discuss Proof of Concept, their initiative to increase opportunities for women and LGBTQ filmmakers
Despite the box office and critical success of films by and about women, such as “Barbie” and “Anatomy of a Fall,” a glass ceiling has remained firmly in place when it comes to female-led productions. The goal of “Proof of Concept” is partly to give female filmmakers a chance to make larger-scale movies and to explore genres that traditionally have been monopolized by their male counterparts. Smith believes that Proof of Concept can help shake up the industry so that one day soon the composition of the casts and crews that work on movies with actors like Blanchett may be radically altered.
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