“So when the DGA Award Nominees were recently announced with this omission, a group of female directors began to ask “What is wrong with this picture?”
They took action.”
“Seeking to call out the continued exclusion of female filmmakers at awards shows and to honor those women who made some of the best, yet overlooked, movies of 2018, a group launched full-page ad, which rolled out in Variety and The DGA Awards Tribute Program as well as on social media, pays tribute to 16 women helmers and their films..”