Women Grow Their Roles in Independent Film Making
April 05, 2013
Movie director Kathryn Bigelow on the set of her film "Zero Dark Thirty"
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
I’m June Simms.
Today we hear about Justin Timberlake and play songs from his new album, “The 20/20 Experience.”
And, we hear from a young singer/songwriter who comes from Austin, Texas -- the self-proclaimed “Live Music Capital of the World.”
But first we have a report about women in independent film.
The Rise of Women in Independent Film
Independent films made history this year. For the first time, women made half of the American dramatic productions shown at the Sundance Film Festival. The festival took place at the same time as the release of a study on women in American independent films. Kelly Jean Kelly has more.
Ava DuVernay loves making movies. She has directed three documentaries and two feature films, also known as narrative films. All were independently produced. She says finding financing is often difficult for women.
“In some cases, male-run institutions or male-run organizations or companies find it challenging to wrap their arms about, ‘I’m giving all this money to a woman to make our thing.’”
Ava DuVernay’s experience appears to confirm the findings of a study about women in independent film. University of Southern California researchers studied films shown at the Sundance Film Festival between 2002 and 2012. The research team found that close to 40 percent of documentary film creators were women. But only about 25 percent of feature films had women in top positions.
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