The New York Times: Talk of Weinstein Dominates Women’s Ceremony in a Hollywood ‘Unmoored’
"The Devil Ties My Tongue" by Amy Seiwert performed for the SKETCH Series, 2013. Photo by David DeSilva. Courtesy of Amy Seiwert's Imagery
The New York Times: Talk of Weinstein Dominates Women’s Ceremony in a Hollywood ‘Unmoored’
The New York Times: Talk of Weinstein Dominates Women’s Ceremony in a Hollywood ‘Unmoored’
by Brooks Barnes
26 October 2017
The major shift occurring in Hollywood and the world of film currently is of great relevance to the DDP mission. Inequality. Harassment. Assault. Who knows if the same crimes are go unspoken in the dance world?
In a recent article during this critical time, published in the New York Times, Brooks Barnes describes the atmosphere at the ArcLight Hollywood, held by Women and Hollywood. Characterized by the simultaneous premier of the newest movie in the “Saw” franchise, horror stories of statistics describing the unequal representation of women in the film business were spread across the room by attendees. Led by feminist Melissa Silverstein, Women and Hollywood is much more than a blog and is one of the leading organizations combating female parity issues in this art form.
Read more about it in The New York Times.
