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Gender in Media
San Antonio Film Festival Group Photo
The San Antonio Film Festival had a lot going on at every moment. The festival was held at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, a perfect venue for a festival. It’s a beautiful building, with theaters, stages, lots of open space. The day before the screening of Catching Sight, I was invited to appear on San...
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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace must stop
Last June Director/Producer Jennifer Townsend was interviewed by her daughter, Rebecca Murray, to discuss topics associated with Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise. During the interview, sexual harassment was a recurring topic, not only because it’s a core theme of Thelma & Louise, but because it was reported daily in news media with Bill Cosby...
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I felt the climax was a betrayal of everything that went before it. We watch the blossoming of two inhibited characters only to see them destroyed for proclaiming their independence. While this may reflect the way many women now see their role in society, it does nothing for those young women who are looking for...
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Thelma and Louise holding hands
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the amount of press, praise, criticism and scholarly attention heaped upon the film “Thelma & Louise” in the 23 years since its release. For example, if you run a search of scholarly publications, you will find that it has been written about in well over a thousand books and...
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Geena Davis: On a mission to change Hollywood. To most people, Geena Davis is a beautiful, elegant, talented actress. Few know that she is also a genius (her IQ is in the top 2% worldwide). And fewer still know of the organization she founded in 2007: The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The...
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  The Institute on Gender In Media works to engage and educate the entertainment industry on ways to reduce gender disparity and create more accurate gender roles in film and television. Director of Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise, Jennifer Townsend, spent time with Geena during a gathering to promote Geena’s Institute on Gender in Media. Click...
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