A couple of years ago, during the #Pandemic, a number of women directors (including me), had had enough of the inequality amongst male & #femaledirectors of #documentaries in the UK industry. @WeAreDocWomen was a result of a number of women coming together ...
to effect real change. #WeareDocWomen was already formed a number of years earlier, but it wasn't until the #Pandemic that the glaring inequality amongst directors became so obvious. Then the #tvgendergapreport came out which showed just how bad that inequality was ...
Here's the background to that report - some of which I'm going to quote from in the following tweets .. variety.com/2020/tv/global… #wearedocwomen #femalefilmmakers #timesup #timeforchange #5050pledge
#WeAreDocWomen spoke of an entrenched bias in the TV industry that requires fundamental change: “The British media prides itself on telling the stories of who our society is today, but with these figures that is patently impossible ...
... when the majority of the content is being filtered through a prism which excludes so many sections of our community, it is not reflective of the world in which we live.” #tvgendergap #unconsciousbias #femaledirectors
This is esp so since figures released by #DirectorsUK in 2018 showed the #gendergap in factual TV had actually WIDENED across all four of the main U.K. broadcasters, with female directors in factual programming dropping by 10% ... #unconsciousbias #femaledirectors #wearedocwomen
The Report found that ... "an #unconsciousbias means not only that white male directors dominate, but feed into the age-old myth that this group offers greater creative vision ..." #femaledirectors #wearedocwomen
... "Meanwhile many talented female producers who play a vital role in factual TV are hugely undervalued by comparison. This is why we can no longer accept the lip service. Why we can no longer rely on the suggestion of progression through a multitude of schemes ...
... initiatives and networking events that have led to no real change when it comes to decisions about who gets to direct." And hence the 50/50 pledge was launched to have 50% of #femaledirectors represented in their factual output. It sadly had to happen.
To their credit, the #BBC and #Channel4 quickly signed up to the 50/50 pledge. It's now thanks to the very hard lobbying work of @WeAreDocWomen that 67 #networks & UK #productioncompanies have now signed up to the pledge. I salute you all & look forward to seeing real change ...
@ThreadReaderApp unroll please
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1581717… #wearedocwomen @WeAreDocWomen #femaledirectors #timetochange #disruptthedominantnarrative #documentarydirectors
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
