fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors:

In case you missed it… a roundup of all the women director news that happened in the last 24 hours:

May 12th:

ACLU, Citing Bias Against Women, Demands Inquiry Into Hollywood’s Hiring Practices

The Directors Guild of America denies they are part of the problem despite paltry female membership

Kathryn Bigelow, the only woman to ever win an Oscar for Best Directing, releases a statement to Time Magazine calling for gender neutral hiring practices

In an announcement that is not at all suspicious in its timing Marvel insiders suggest they are in talks with Ava DuVernay to direct either Black Panther or Captain Marvel

Meanwhile DuVernay takes to twitter to support ACLU and solicit donations for her independent film company AFFRM which only distributes films directed by poc