00:00 It was very important to us that you were seeing
00:02 various representations of what it is to be a woman.
00:04 In "Blessed in Chemistry,"
00:06 there's so many examples on screen,
00:07 but then you also have it behind the camera as well.
00:10 - Rolling.
00:13 - Cut.
00:14 - And action.
00:17 - It's been so incredible to walk onto these sets
00:19 where I have seen so many women and producers and directors
00:23 to have that understanding and to move forward together
00:26 in this very daring way, exposing our truths.
00:29 It's intensely wonderful.
00:32 - It's nice to have anyone tell this story,
00:35 but it brings a little bit more when it's someone
00:37 who may have experienced similar things in their own career.
00:40 - Sweetheart, I could use another cup of joe
00:41 when you're done with that.
00:42 - Most women on production can understand
00:44 trying to claw their way into getting taken seriously.
00:47 So to have our directors who are all women
00:49 commanding a set, it was really cool to see.
00:52 - You're gonna be right here to go boom.
00:53 I'm a black female director in a very male-oriented industry
00:57 so I understood that battle of saying,
01:00 this is what I wanna do, this is what I love,
01:02 why can't I do it?
01:03 Why is it different for me?
01:04 - We have rules, Mrs. Ott.
01:07 Who do you think you are?
01:08 - A woman.
01:09 When I started, there were very few women around me.
01:13 You just kind of realize early on that in order to get there
01:16 you really have to be fierce, but at the same time,
01:19 be more gentle because if you're not gentle as a woman,
01:22 then you're considered a bitch.
01:23 - How would you describe the host?
01:25 - Stuck up, unpleasant, didn't smile once.
01:30 - There's a beauty to Elizabeth's thought
01:34 but also a grittiness to her and we all can relate to that.
01:37 - Are those pants?
01:38 Why is she wearing pants?
01:40 - Whether it's costumes or production design or props,
01:43 you're getting that experience in every layer of it.
01:46 - Knowing that it's like two or three women
01:48 or two or three people of color in each department,
01:50 it makes it easier.
01:52 - On this project, I really felt heard and trusted.
01:56 One way to go for her to pull and then maybe she cuts into.
01:58 - That's brilliant, Courtney.
02:00 - Yeah.
02:01 - If you are the most capable at doing something,
02:04 you should get the opportunity to do it
02:06 and excel at it, period.
02:08 - Why would anyone discriminate based on something
02:10 as intellectually non-determinative as gender?
02:12 - Calvin, how many female scientists can you name?
02:17 - Madame Curie?
02:18 - Exactly.
02:21 - If you're gonna do this,
02:22 this industry or actually any industry, take up space.
02:25 Take up space the best way you know how.
02:27 Don't diminish yourself or others.
02:28 - You have a platform.
02:30 What you say matters.
02:32 - The best piece of advice that I ever got
02:34 was from a fellow filmmaker who told me to just do you
02:37 and that changed my whole perspective as a director.
02:41 Let me just see how you would do it.
02:43 - Pour it in and then put it back on the flame,
02:45 tilting it slightly and then it should just go up in flames.
02:50 - Having women behind the camera,
02:52 it's just amazing to watch.
02:54 And then I know it's gonna empower some little girl.
02:57 - I didn't know that it was possible for me
02:59 to work in a camera department.
03:00 And so for me to see these women stand up and be like,
03:03 "Hey, I wanna bring the camera over here,"
03:05 or "Hey, I like this time of shot," is super inspiring.
03:08 - It's a really powerful feeling to know
03:10 that we're all here because we wanna bring excellence
03:13 to this because we know the story deserves it
03:15 and that we're capable of bringing it.
03:17 - At the end of our time here together,
03:19 we will have done something worth doing
03:21 and it will matter.
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