Who is your hero? For young children, the answer often includes people they have seen on TV or in movies. Yet, the percentage of male roles in the media far surpasses the percentage of roles for females, according to actor Geena Davis, keynote speaker at the East Bay Women’s Conference last Monday in San Ramon. (She does not call herself an “actress” because “actor” means a person portraying a character in a production.) Read More…
Geena Davis is working to bring gender-equality to television and films
March 08, 2015
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