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This in particular resonated with me вЂ“ IвЂ™ve always considered the inequality in film journalism a big problem as well, and am happy that Film Inquiry is at least contributing to changing those numbers of Rotten Tomatoes. They donвЂ™t seem to appreciate stories told by women some of the directors quote terms that are frequently used to describe their stories, like вЂњannoyingвЂќ, or вЂњquirkyвЂќ, some stating that the critics destroyed their chances. Consistently, over the years, they have rated films by women much lower than films by men. The documentary also highlights the issue of inequality in film journalism Rotten TomatoesвЂ™ recognized critics are largely white men (73%). They feel that mothers in particular are suited for filmmaking after all, youвЂ™re pretty much herding a group of people. It touches upon combining filmmaking and motherhood вЂ“ many of the women believe that mothers have been erased from Hollywood film and that this contributes to a lack of empathy towards mothers. The documentary leaves no stone unturned. She said that before, she felt very alone in her experiences, but now that women are coming together and talking about their experiences, she feels stronger and more positive about the future.

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Tina Mabry, director of Mississipi Damned and TV shows like Insecure and Queen Sugar, was present for the screening and participated in the Q&A after. ThereвЂ™s no denying the similarities in the filmmakersвЂ™ stories. The Half The Picture team and Tina Mabry вЂ“ photo by Ashly Covington

She still gets to order men around and gets a finished product afterwards that no one is вЂњdicking around withвЂќ. She has pretty much given up on making films according to her, вЂњwho needs movies anyway?вЂќ, and now builds houses. Still an anarchist punk rocker at heart, she spares no one, in particular not the men of Saturday Night Live. The most hilarious is Penelope Spheeris вЂ“ director of WayneвЂ™s World and The Little Rascals.

Each of them professes their dedication to the craft and their love for it, despite the constant struggle they face. The women talk about their struggles in Hollywood, but what shines through in particular is their love of filmmaking. According to Adrion, this was purposeful they wanted to show their women crew, that this is a film made about women, by women. We see the highly pregnant DP Cat Deakins, as well as DP Soraya SГ©lГЁne, and stills photographer Ashly Covington. We see Adrion, who speaks with the filmmakers, always empathetic. Adrion and her crew are frequently shown, too, emphasizing on their mostly women crew. The film is largely a talking head-style doc, cutting between the women talking about their experiences, archival footage, and clips from the womenвЂ™s films. Jill Soloway in Half The Picture (2018) вЂ“ photo by Ashly Covington All of them have years, if not decades of experience directing, producing, and acting. Half The Picture features a great number of prolific female filmmakers: Ava DuVernay, Mary Harron, Penelope Spheeris, Tina Mabry, Catherine Hardwicke, Jamie Babbit, Brenda Chapman, Kasi Lemmons, Patricia Cardoso, Rachel Feldman, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Miranda July, Lena Dunham, and so on.

Although Half The Picture was already being worked on two years ago, it couldnвЂ™t be better timing for this film to come to the festival circuit in 2018, adding to the already feverish pitch. However, it looks like change is imminent, what with the furor around the #MeToo movement, the women activists clamoring for change and the EEOC investigation into systemic discrimination against women in Hollywood.

Yet, things donвЂ™t seem to be improving in 2018, the number of women directing for the studios has dropped even further. The women are fed up and have been trying to fight this problem for decades. Hollywood denies them work and doesnвЂ™t finance them, and the stats of women working in Hollywood are grim. Women directors are discriminated against.