As a youngster she had a teacher, Anne Sullivan (herself visually impaired) who helped her communicate using a tactile sort of sign language. In elementary school, I attended a performance based on the life of young Helen Keller who had lost her sight and hearing in infancy from an infection. School trips to museums, historic sites and plays. Ah, a blessed break from classroom drudgery. Synopsis: Documentary on women in film, features interviews with women directors and actors. (Streaming on Netflix.)įield Trip. “We have screened the film to all of our corporate employees, as well as our retail teams and even clients.”ĭavid Yurman, she noted, was co-founded by a woman and has an executive team that is almost 80% female.Discussing the merits of Harvey Weinstein spending the rest of his life in prison. “From a company culture perspective, this partnership sends a strong message to the David Yurman community and its employees about the importance of inclusivity, empowerment, and the company’s ability to affect social change,” she said. (Arboleda said most of the film’s interviews came via shoe leather and participants’ interest rather than the insistence of brands or organizations.) “Leaders across all industries need to work tirelessly until equality is achieved on all levels.”Ĭarol Pennelli, president of David Yurman, told Deadline through a rep that the company has had a two-year partnership on the project that has incorporated live events, festival and conference appearances and securing talent. “It was important for us to support this film as it tackles the harsh realities and ramifications of gender disparity,”he said. 30% Club, told Deadline in a statement that the project lined up well with the company’s mission. They know they can get a return on their money, but what they really care about is that this film can have the impact that we think it can have.” “One is the price of the equity portion and the other ROI is social impact. “We’re sort of selling two ROIs,” he said, using a common business acronym for return on investment. It capitalized on a succession of milestones and public comments about the need for change, including Frances McDormand’s “inclusion rider” Oscar speech.Īrboleda said the budget structure was roughly one-third each from private equity, one-third sponsorships and one-third foundations. We understand what’s at stake.'” The pair also had cultivated relationships with talent and representatives, making the interview requests seem doable.ĭonahue said the film, whose title is meant as a comment on the 2016 election of Donald Trump, gained momentum as it was developed as the climate started to change. “We’re like, ‘This is exactly what we do. “We didn’t skip a beat,” Donahue told Deadline in an interview.
So does a galaxy of stars like Meryl Streep, Tiffany Haddish and Natalie Portman as well as directors, executives and academic experts.ĭirector Tom Donahue, who also directed Thank You For Your Service, a close-up look at the mental health of military veterans, said the process of putting the unusual mix of investors together was surprisingly “organic.” A publicist who admired Casting By, another film by Donahue about casting directors, approached him as well as his producing partner Ilan Arboleda in 2015 about doing a feature about the issue of gender. Geena Davis, long a pioneer in emphasizing the need to look closely at gender, also is a backer of the film through her eponymous institute and appears onscreen in it. As The Denver Nuggets Celebrate NBA Title, A Meadowlark Documentary Feature Will Profile David Thompson, One Of The Team's (And College Basketball's) All-Time Greats
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