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FILE In this Aug. 10, 2015 file photo, Effie Brown attends The Project Greenlight Season 4 premiere of “The Leisure Class” at The Theatre At The Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Women and people of color have been complicit, at some level, in taking a back seat in Hollywood. That’s what film and television producer Brown told a rapt audience Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at annual Women at Sundance brunch, saying, “Somehow, we co signed this. Somehow, we participated.” (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File)

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If those who want to change the equation in Hollywood aren’t taking action against the status quo, they’re supporting it, she said. Brown urged everyone in the room to “hire, mentor and invest” in women and people of colour. canada goose outlet los angeles That perspective was echoed by every speaker at the invitation only event, including Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley and actor/director/producer Elizabeth Banks, who discussed their rise in Hollywood and the challenges they’ve faced along the way.

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Jacki Zehner, a member of the Sundance Institute’s board of trustees, told brunch guests to “vote with their wallet” to support stories by and about women and people of colour. Purchasing power, she said, is “the most under used tool of social change.”

The Sundance Institute has been working with Women in Film for several years to study barriers to success for female and minority filmmakers. Their research shows that women comprised only 4.2 per cent of directors of the top grossing films between 2002 and 2013.

In October, the two organizations convened a meeting canada goose victoria uk of Hollywood studio, network and agency heads to discuss the issue and possible solutions. Some suggestions included unconscious bias training for entertainment industry workers, and a “gender parity” stamp to canada goose uk official recognize productions making significant strides in hiring women canada goose outlet eu in all positions.

“Women make up half the population and people of colour make up 40 per cent,” Brown said, taking on the presence of a preacher in front of a devoted choir. “There is no such thing as innocent by standing anymore.

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