Actress Geena Davis - Los Angeles Times / Polaris / Starface

At 64, Geena Davis came to a sad realization: her career suddenly slowed down when she passed her forties. The actress had however chained the memorable roles since the 80s with La Mouche , Beetlejuice , Thelma & Louise and Voyageur in spite of himself which had won her the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1989. But afterwards, everything got complicated.

“Suddenly, good roles were incredibly rare. There was a big difference, ”she recalled in an interview with the Guardian . A real cold shower for the star who had long believed that the condition of women was improving in the cinema.

Fallen from high

“When I started out in my career, I was going recklessly like, 'Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange and Sally Field, they all made these great female-centric movies.' And I got these great roles, really roles. at the top, so things had to get better and better for women, ”explained Geena Davis.

View this post on Instagram

We're going virtual! ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ This years Bentonville Film Festival @bfffestival Co-Founded by Geena is more inclusive than ever before. The feature lineup is directed by 65% ​​BIPOC and 40% LGBTQIA + identifying filmmakers! Including incredible opening-night selection like “(In) visible Portraits” by @OgeTheYogi, “Misbehavior,” starring @GuguMbathaRaw as Jennifer Hosten, documentary “Parkland Rising,” from Cheryl Horner McDonough, and @ EleganceBratton's documentary “Pier Kids.” ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ What's going to be different this year? Check out with Geena had to say in her interview with the @LATimes. ⁠⠀ "Most of it will be virtual but in Bentonville itself there will be some drive-in activations. We realized that this is an exciting opportunity to see how it will go over because now anybody in the world can watch these movies. Before, you had to come to Bentonville. And we have such fabulous movies it will be interesting to see how that plays out. Maybe we'll decide that we always want to do that as well as have the live part, so people everywhere can enjoy it. "⁠ ⠀ ⁠⠀ Read the full article through our link in bio: ⁠ ⠀ https: // www. latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-07-31/geena-davis-bentonville-film-festival-virtual-inclusion⁠ ⠀

A post shared by Geena Davis Institute (@gdigm) on Jul 31, 2020 at 6:20 pm PDT

But on the contrary, it is clear that gender inequalities regarding age are still present in Hollywood. This is why Geena Davis created the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, to improve the representation of women in entertainment and more specifically in children's programs.

A fight for parity which earned him an honorary Oscar in 2019.

Culture

Oscars: Very masculine nominations expected

  • Parity
  • Hollywood
  • Aging
  • Actress
  • Cinema