Geena Davis.
Academy Award winner and activist Geena Davis will be among the speakers at the New Zealand Film Commission’s (Nzfc) Power of Inclusion summit in October.
Put on in partnership with the Walt Disney Co. and Women in Film and Television International, the conference, to be held in Auckland, is designed to shine a spotlight on inclusion and representation in entertainment.
In addition to Davis, it boasts a line-up of speakers that include Nz Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Pose creator Steven Canals; Black-ish star Yara; Shahidi; writers and directors Niki Caro and Haifaa Al-Mansour; The Black List founder Franklin Leonard; writer and producer Philippa Boyens (Lord of the Rings); Raising Films founder Hope Dickson Leach; director Heperi Mita (Mereta: How Mum Decolonised the Screen) and Maria Giese, who led a federal investigation for female directors in the Us. Among the Australian speakers are Magda Szubanski and Benjamin Law.
Academy Award winner and activist Geena Davis will be among the speakers at the New Zealand Film Commission’s (Nzfc) Power of Inclusion summit in October.
Put on in partnership with the Walt Disney Co. and Women in Film and Television International, the conference, to be held in Auckland, is designed to shine a spotlight on inclusion and representation in entertainment.
In addition to Davis, it boasts a line-up of speakers that include Nz Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Pose creator Steven Canals; Black-ish star Yara; Shahidi; writers and directors Niki Caro and Haifaa Al-Mansour; The Black List founder Franklin Leonard; writer and producer Philippa Boyens (Lord of the Rings); Raising Films founder Hope Dickson Leach; director Heperi Mita (Mereta: How Mum Decolonised the Screen) and Maria Giese, who led a federal investigation for female directors in the Us. Among the Australian speakers are Magda Szubanski and Benjamin Law.
- 9/12/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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