Half the Picture

Name: Half the Picture
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 8, 2018
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Ava DuVernay, Catherine Hardwicke, Emily Best, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jamie Babbit

2018

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: June 8, 2018 | TV-PG

Starring: Ava DuVernay, Catherine Hardwicke, Emily Best, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jamie Babbit, Jill Soloway, Lena Dunham, Maria Burton, Miranda July, Rosanna Arquette

Summary: Women and men attend film schools in equal numbers, but women direct only 4% of top grossing feature films in the US. Why are women largely shut out of this prestigious, lucrative and culturally influential profession? High profile women directors including Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle In Time), Lena Dunham (“Girls), Jill SolowayWomen and men attend film schools in equal numbers, but women direct only 4% of top grossing feature films in the US. Why are women largely shut out of this prestigious, lucrative and culturally influential profession? High profile women directors including Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle In Time), Lena Dunham (“Girls), Jill Soloway (“Transparent”), among others, offer candid, unfiltered and often humorous tales of their careers in Hollywood, while experts on gender inequality destroy the myths that have allowed discrimination in Hollywood to thrive. The entertainment industry has denied women’s voices for decades, but with a new Federal investigation into discriminatory hiring in Hollywood and a powerful movement toward equal representation gaining momentum, could this be the dawn of a new era? [Gravitas Ventures]… Expand

Director: Amy Adrion

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 94 min

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April Wolfe

Jun 8, 2018

Half the Picture is maddening and enlightening and, most of all, necessary, as much as I wish it weren’t. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Jun 7, 2018

Half the Picture is a vital, comprehensive documentary on a subject that's so fundamental to the industry it's about, you have to wonder why dozens of movies on this scale or bigger haven't already been made. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jun 21, 2018

With careful craftsmanship, Half the Picture is an important piece of testimony in the fight for the civil rights of female directors in Hollywood. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Jun 8, 2018

Documentaries that rely on a steady stream of talking heads—interspersed here with fleeting film clips—usually are not my favorite. However, when those heads belong to talented and perceptive women who rarely get a chance to speak their minds let alone get hired to make a movie, I can definitely make an exception. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Jun 7, 2018

The stories that Ms. Adrion elicits may be infuriatingly recognizable to women who work in many fields. But if there is a missing element in her analysis, it is the effect that sexism has on these women’s artistry, not only their livelihoods. Read full review

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