Melissa Silverstein

Athena Film Festival

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Founder and editor of the advocacy blog, Women and Hollywood; artistic director and co-founder of the Athena Film Festival

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Hollywood is not just a man's world. A recent study shows that, for the past 20 years, just 5% of Hollywood's top films have been directed by women.

ACLU Wants Inquiry into Hollywood Bias

Hollywood is not just a man's world. A recent study shows that, for the past 20 years, just 5% of Hollywood's top films have been directed by women.

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