"THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING" A RETROSPECTIVE
HOW MUCH DID IT REALLY CHANGE? photo courtesy of Netflix.com In 2018, a documentary film titled "This Changes Everything" was released on Netflix. The film featured a number of familiar faces from the silver screen. The likes of Meryl Streep, Geena Davis, Taraji P. Henson and Natalie Portman were present in the film as well as producers Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes and many other prominent female figures in Hollywood. The film centered in on gender inequality both on screen as well as behind the camera. According to the Gina Davis institute, in 2017 of 100 top-grossing films of the year, only 24% featured a female protagonist. If that wasn't bad enough, they also found that women average about half the screentime of their male counterparts. And the statistics for female directors were even more bleak. Of 1114 top-grossing films from 2016 to 2017, only 4% were directed by women. Though the main message is undeniably poignant, there have been some...
