Marian has written a PhD about how to narrow the gap in the New Zealand film industry between the number of male and female filmmakers. On her blog she discusses the gender gap in film from an international perspective, with some illuminating statistics and insights.
Also of interest - Marian is raising money for her film, Development, using a fiscal sponsorship concept inspired by Women Make Movies and From The Heart - where donors receive tax benefits. Donors targeted are those with an interest in female equality, and the sell is that all primary cast and crew are women, and the topic of the movie is female filmmakers working together to get their movie made. All cast and crew are paid the same day rate ($150 per day), bringing the film budget to $100,000. The film will be available to download free - initially only for donors, then to all.
Thank you for posting this. http://WellywoodWoman.blogspot.com is one of those incredible finds-- a densely informative collection of all kinds of reliable information and resources for filmmakers. If only for the service she's providing for the rest of us with her tireless activity, people should be funding whatever Marian Evans wants funded. (And I've never met Marian...I live in New York.)
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