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BBC Documentaries, Channel 4 Documentaries, Specialist Factual and Current Affairs and independent production companies, Gold Star Productions, ie ie Productions, Lambent Productions, Middlechild, Mindhouse and Yeti Media are among the first to commit to 50 women directors across their output, thanks to a groundbreaking campaign by We Are Doc Women. Wadw’s 2021 factual TV survey, showed that men are three times more likely than women to direct documentaries and the organization has launched a campaign for change and is contacting indies, broadcasters and SVODs demanding a fairer playing field for women directors and asking them directly to commit to employing 50 of women directors on all factual and current affairs output.
“Wadw’s survey findings exposed the barriers facing women directors. Our response was a call for industry-wide change, from the broadcasters, SVODs, commissioners, the production community and award organizations,” Wadw said in a statement. The organization pointed out that two women...
BBC Documentaries, Channel 4 Documentaries, Specialist Factual and Current Affairs and independent production companies, Gold Star Productions, ie ie Productions, Lambent Productions, Middlechild, Mindhouse and Yeti Media are among the first to commit to 50 women directors across their output, thanks to a groundbreaking campaign by We Are Doc Women. Wadw’s 2021 factual TV survey, showed that men are three times more likely than women to direct documentaries and the organization has launched a campaign for change and is contacting indies, broadcasters and SVODs demanding a fairer playing field for women directors and asking them directly to commit to employing 50 of women directors on all factual and current affairs output.
“Wadw’s survey findings exposed the barriers facing women directors. Our response was a call for industry-wide change, from the broadcasters, SVODs, commissioners, the production community and award organizations,” Wadw said in a statement. The organization pointed out that two women...
- 5/9/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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