The Original Six: The Story of Hollywood's Forgotten Feminist Crusaders
Join Film History faculty member Sally Shafto’s seminar "Women Make Movies, or Why Gender Representation Really Matters Behind and In Front of the Camera." Students will participate in a discussion with trailblazing members of the “Original Six” Nell Cox and Lynne Littman '62 and industry pioneers Sanaa Hamri '96 and Jenni Konner '94. The “Original Six” are a group of women directors who spoke out against gender discrimination in Hollywood in 1979 and formed the Women’s Steering Committee, a branch of the Director’s Guild of America. Their activism led the DGA to sue Warner Brothers and Columbia Pictures in 1983. Following the screening of a brief excerpt from the documentary, "This Changes Everything," about the “Original Six,” students and guests will engage in a discussion examining and reflecting on gender disparities within the entertainment industry.
Register online for this event. A link to participate will be sent to registrants prior to the event.