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Maggie Siff is A Woman, A Part

New Yorkers, please come out for the theatrical premiere of  A WOMAN, A PART starring Maggie Siff with Cara Seymour, John Ortiz and Khandi Alexander. Only one week at IFC Center in downtown Manhattan, March 22-28. Q&As and special guests at selected shows. See IFC listing for more information. 

Tickets: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/a-woman-a-part/

And stay tuned for upcoming screenings in other cities. 

[trixiefilms]

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NEW PODCAST! Life After Downton: OSCARS: RE-WRITING HISTORY

The damsels are getting ready for the Oscars by going through the Best Picture winners of years past and helping the Academy make better choices. There are so many phenomenal movies directed by women, written by women, and about women that deserved to win that coveted award.

Throw on an evening gown, pop some champagne, and let's re-write history together!

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[ronanfarrow]

This year's non-acting Oscar nominees are 80% male. Why should you care about #OscarsSoMale? See the facts. Hear the women. 7:40 @todayshow

[thebestiaryofboysiveloved]

Male film reviewers calling women "whiny" for pointing out that no women were nominated for Best Director, and then shamelessly admitting within the same piece that they (the male reviewers) have not watched the female directors' films is violent in a way I wasn't prepared for

It shows a clear and obvious belief that women's work is inferior, and that the reviewer believes this so thoroughly that he feels no need to justify it.

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NBC News: 'The Power of the Dog' cinematographer on historic Oscar nod, Sam Elliott comments

NBC News: ‘The Power of the Dog’ cinematographer on historic Oscar nod, Sam Elliott comments

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/-power-dog-cinematographer-historic-oscar-nod-sam-elliott-comments-rcna19223 “Ari Wegner is close to making history. Wegner, who collaborated with New Zealand auteur Jane Campion on the Western drama “The Power of the Dog,” could soon become the first woman to win a best cinematography Oscar. Campion’s latest goes into the March 27 ceremony with a…

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#OscarsSoMale? The Women's Media Center Says Yes. - Geek Girl Authority

#OscarsSoWhite helped usher in real change for Academy membership. Can #OscarsSoMale do the same for future nominees?

[thecurvycritic]

Just ponder this for a second🤔 #Repost @thecherrypicks with @get_repost ・・・ @TheAcademy needs to stop shutting out women and start recognizing our work. #OscarsSoMale https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9DEPIFtI1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1haarqt2346it

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Race and Gender Breakdown Oscars 2017

Last year, the Oscars were called out for being SO white (about 89% white). Pressure from the industry and movie fans seemed to bring around movies with some more representation in them. Fences, Hidden Figures, Lion, and Moonlight, feature POC in their leading roles and have each received numerous nominations, including Best Picture. 

This being said, things aren’t perfect. La La Land could still beat Moonlight for Best Picture. Affleck could still beat Washington for Lead Actor. Obviously, each year will fluctuate in different types of representation, but white men still dominate significantly in the nominees (and the film industry in general). BUT this fact does not diminish the great artists endeavors of the POC and women that have been nominated this year.

So while it may look more representative in terms of race and gender, there is still much work to be done. The same percentage of white men were nominated this year as last year (67%). So, while there is technically better representation this year, the representation is just more spread out in that last 33% between white women, men of color, and women of color. This means that the representation of white men has not been impacted at all.

Keep reading to see my complete race and gender breakdown of all 218 nominees at this year’s Oscars. 

Overall, the representation of white individuals went down by 5% from last year and POC representation increased by 5%. Male representation increased by 1% and female representation decreased by 1%. 

Like I said before, white male representation stayed the same. White female representation decreased by 5%. Representation of men of color increased by 1%. Representation of women of color increased by 4%. 

The biggest difference seen from last year’s Oscars is the increased representation of women of color. While still an embarrassingly small number (10 out of 218), their representation increased more than any other group. In fact, while they dominated 0 of the 22 categories they could be nominated in last year, this year WOC dominate the Supporting Actress category. 

So...I don’t know what else to call this besides baby steps? Things are better than last year. We still don’t see women as celebrated directors or cinematographers. The industry still considers one POC nominee “diverse.” The only way this is going to be fixed is if more opportunities are given to more types of people at all stages of the film industry, from acting to sound mixing to writing and everything in between. We shall have to see if this increased representation continues at the awards ceremony tomorrow...

NOTE: Before you read the breakdown, understand that the numbers in parentheses are the percentages from my breakdown last year.

Best Picture

19/30 WM 63% (62%)

8/30 WW 26% (29%)

2/30 MOC 6% (8%)

1/30 WOC 3% (0%)

Actor in a Leading Role

4/5 WM 80% (100%)

1/5 MOC 20% (0%)

Actor in a Supporting Role

3/5 WM 60% (100%)

2/5 MOC 40% (0%)

Actress in a Leading Role

4/5 WW 80% (100%)

1/5 WOC 20% (0%)

Actress in a Supporting Role

3/5 WOC 60% (0%)

2/5 WW 40% (100%)

Animated Feature Film

9/12 WM 75% (60%)

2/12 WW 16% (0%)

1/12 MOC 8% (30%)

0/12 WOC 0% (10%)

Cinematography

3/5 WM 60% (80%)

2/5 MOC 40% (20%)

0/5 women 0% (0%)

Costume Design

5/5 WW 100% (80%)

0/5 WM 0% (20%)

0/5 POC 0% (0%)

Directing

4/5 WM 80% (80%)

1/5 MOC 20% (20%)

0/5 women 0% (0%)

Documentary Feature

4/12 WM 33% (63%)

4/12 MOC 33% (9%)

3/12 WW 25% (27%)

1/12 WOC 8% (0%)

Documentary Short

4/8 WM 50% (57%

)3/8 WW 37% (28%)

1/8 WOC 12% (14%)

0/8 MOC 0% (0%)

Film Editing

5/6 WM 83% (50%)

1/6 WOC 16% (0%)

0/6 WW 0% (50%)

0/6 MOC 0% (0%)

Foreign Language Film

4/6 WM 66% (40%)

1/6 MOC 16% (40%)

1/6 WW 16% (0%)

0/6 WOC 0% (20%)

Makeup and Hairstyling 

5/7 WM 71% (50%)

1/7 WW 14% (50%)

1/7 MOC 14% (0%)

0/7 WOC 0% (0%)

Music (Original Score)

5/6 WM 83% (100%)

1/6 WW 16% (0%)

0/6 POC 0% (0%)

Music (Original Song)

11/12 WM 91% (55%)

1/12 MOC 8% (33%)

0/12 WW 0% (11%)

0/12 WOC 0% (0%)

Production Design

6/10 WM 60% (63%)

3/10 WW 30% (36%)

1/10 MOC 10% (0%)

0/10 WOC 0% (0%)

Short Film (Animated)

6/8 WM 75% (37%)

1/8 MOC 12% (37%)

1/8 WW 12% (25%)

0/8 WOC 0% (0%)

Short Film (Live Action)

6/8 WM 75% (71%)

1/8 MOC 12% (14%)

1/8 WW 12% (14%)

0/8 WOC 0% (0%)

Sound Editing

6/9 WM 66% (87%)

2/9 WW 22% (0%)

1/9 WOC 11% (0%)

0/9 MOC 0% (12%)

Sound Mixing

15/16 WM 93% (93%)

1/16 WOC 6% (0%)

0/16 MOC 0% (6%)

0/16 WW 0% (0%)

Visual Effects

18/20 WM 90% (95%)

2/20 MOC 10% (0%)

0/20 WW 0% (5%)

0/20 WOC 0% (0%)

Adapted Screenplay

3/7 WM 42% (66%)

3/7 MOC 42% (0%)

1/7 WW 14% (33%)

0/7 WOC 0% (0%)

Original Screenplay

6/6 WM 100% (78%)

0/6 WW 0% (14%)

0/6 MOC 0% (7%)

0/6 WOC 0% (0%)

Total nominees: 218 (210)

Total WM nominees: 146 or 67% (67%) Total WW nominees: 38 or 17% (22%) Total MOC nominees: 24 or 11% (10%) Total WOC nominees: 10 or 5% (1%)

84% white (89%)

78% male (77%)

22% female (23%)

16% POC (11%)

Categories in which WM dominate: Best Picture, Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, Animated Feature Film, Cinematography, Directing, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Film Editing, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Production Design, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay

          21/22 categories (21/22 last year as well)

Categories in which WW dominate: Lead Actress, Costume Design

          2/22 categories (5/22 last year)

Categories in which MOC dominate: Documentary Feature, Adapted Screenplay

          2/22 categories (2/22 last year)

Categories in which WOC dominate: Supporting Actress

          1/22 categories (0/22 last year)

Every category represents WM

3/24 categories do not represent any POC (10/24)

5/22 categories do not represent any women (5/22)

7/22 categories do not represent MOC (9/22)

7/22 categories do not represent WW (7/22)

14/22 categories do not represent WOC (19/22)