This week I don't have an event for you per se (blame the venues), but I do have an awesome find that will bring feminist media in to our lives every darn day! Do all of you know about FemaleDirectors.com? Well, you should.
Check this out, it's a link to all of the female directed films and TV shows that are currently featured on netflix. The rad women (and possibly men) at FemaleDirectors.com have recently showcased a study representing that the number of female directed movies on Netflix has almost doubled! From less than 1% to almost 2%. Not exactly stellar numbers.
(To clarify, this does not represent any sort of bias on the part of the folks at Netflix. Rather, it represents the low number of female film makers who are being supported by the movie making machines. *See comment below*)
The good news is that we now have a tool that will direct us to the source of female directed media. The more we click, the more we demand a variety in the types of films we want to watch. Let Netflix know that we love what they do - we just want to see ourselves represented appropriately.
I'm going to use this tool to order at least TWO female directed fims/TV shows from Netflix in each cycle, in hopes of showing the number crunchers that we demand more.
Thank you FemaleDirectors.com - your site rules.
Xo
LAF
1 comments:
Thanks for your post about femaledirectors.com!
Just to clarify: Netflix didn’t increase their number of female directed films to 2%, but our count of the movies changed. We currently believe the number is slightly over 2% based on our analysis of the movie database.
This is not because Netflix discriminates against women, but rather because there just aren’t as many female directors as male directors - especially because the movies on Netflix extend through most of the twentieth century, going back before there were any female directors at all!
We do strongly believe however, that it will help female directors if we seek out their films to support the female perspective, especially now that the numbers are starting to rise, and there are more to watch!
Thank you again for speaking out about our site!
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