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Directorial Deficit

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Although women fill most movie theater seats, behind the scenes they are scarce—comprising only seven percent of directors of top-grossing 2014 films. Melissa Goodman ’03 of the ACLU of Southern California has asked state and federal agencies to investigate discriminatory hiring practices at major studios. “Hollywood doesn’t get this free pass,” she told the New York Times.

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