Jill Soloway, Call to Action

Last year director Jill Soloway gave a keynote address to outgoing students from an AFI Female Directing Workshop. The workshop targeted towards women, allows them to work with other female directors and mentors allowing them the opportunity to grow as new filmmakers. In her speech Soloway reminded the women of a time when "women were told to go cry in their cars" or to "get it together." Soloway reminded the audience that women in film are repeatedly told to hide their emotions, that feelings are bad, and that men are allowed to dictate how women feel. Soloway stated that not feeling is a 'liability,' who wouldn't want someone who feels to make a movie? Movies are about feeling and emotions but unfortunately female directors, actors, and producers are constantly told to get over it. Soloway's call to action storms past the industry. Her and her peers are changing the industry. Taking it by storm, one feeling at a time.