What if- I know this is crazy - but what if - I know, I know, just stay with me - but WHAT IF we let some women direct shows and movies about iconic female characters

It’s bananas, I know it’s just a bit of silly talk, after all if you put a woman behind the camera and a woman in front of the camera there’s a 64% chance the camera will explode but it would be such a TWIST

I just feel like I see so many things that are ANNE OF CLEVES directed by Joe Manguy! CLEOPATRA directed by Harold von Dude! THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG PRINCESS LEIA written and directed by Penis McManMan!

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Jessica Ellis

@baddestmamajama

17 Feb

I know it’s supposed to last another 5 billion years but do you ever worry the sun is just going to get tired?

I mean I try to workout daily but there’s always at least a few days a week where I’m like “ugh, no.”

What if our only legacy is in an alien textbook where there’s a signal line that says “extinct from tired sun.”

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Jessica Ellis

@baddestmamajama

17 Feb

So four years ago I raised (and drained my savings) to make a little feature with zero names and a mostly female cast and crew for less than $100k and today that movie has a tentative release date and I honestly just wanted to see if I could do it at all? And I guess I could.

Talking to other filmmakers on the festival circuit, I can’t even begin to explain the difference between what we think of as an “indie” ($1-10m, a big actor or a tv star wanting to shift direction) and a tiny, tiny, no name film getting distributed. It is a whollllle universe.

You hear a lot that you only need one yes and it’s not true. You need about 7000, but only one per category. More than one is a luxury. Getting one is Everest. But it’s enough.

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