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Da’Vine Joy Randolph On Emerging Industry “Sisterhood” & Power Of Sharing Info On Salary Talks – Taormina
Oscar winners & Taormina Film Festival jury members Da’Vine Joy Randolph & Sandy Powell spoke on a panel here about the state of women in the industry
Da'Vine Joy Randolph at the Taormina Film FestivalGetty Oscar winners and Taormina Film Festival jury members Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Sandy Powell joined a panel here dubbed “Women, Not Divas” to speak about the state of the industry and provide insight into their own experiences. She added the importance of “being brave enough to stand up for yourself” and on a personal level said that “as a minority” she is “very clear the types of roles that I want to play and what themes they embody, so that they are not stereotypes and they are strong women with a message.” Having a wink at her own institution, Knobloch added, “Just think about it: the Cannes Film Festival had to wait 75 years to have the first female president… There’s still a long way to go.”
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