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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.86,0:00:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you might have guessed, I watch a lot of movies, my favourites are science fiction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.85,0:00:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also action, dramas, and thrillers and I'll even admit the occasional romantic comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.66,0:00:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to the movies a lot too you may have noticed something that the vast majority of these films
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.13,0:00:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have in common, most of the movies seem to be stories about men.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.84,0:00:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the primary reasons Hollywood continually churns out films about men is because we live in a male centered society.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.44,0:00:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most simply, male centeredness is an aspect of patriarchy that shows us that we place and prioritize
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.22,0:00:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our attention on men, men's stories, the things men want to do and the things men don't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.06,0:00:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, the images we see in the media often focus on male-centered stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.95,0:00:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One way to demonstrate male centeredness is not only to look at the films being made
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.79,0:00:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but which films are most celebrated and honoured.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.73,0:00:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do this, I looked up the films that won the Academy Award for best picture over the last 50 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.41,0:01:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see whose stories are being told?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.22,0:01:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting in 2009 is The Hurt Locker which although directed by a woman is still all about men.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.40,0:01:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slumdog Millionaire - men
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.41,0:01:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Country for Old Men - need I say more
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.32,0:01:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Departed - is about men
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.82,0:01:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crash - is an ensemble
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.69,0:01:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Million Dollar Baby - is interesting because it's pretty equally a story about a man and a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.15,0:01:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord of the Rings - men
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.79,0:01:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chicago - is woman centered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.89,0:01:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Beautiful Mind - men
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.80,0:01:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gladiator - is about a man who fights other men
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.10,0:01:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American Beauty - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.47,0:01:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shakespeare in Love - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.28,0:01:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Titanic - is from a man's perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.52,0:01:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The English Patient - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.79,0:01:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Braveheart - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.92,0:01:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forrest Gump - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.100,0:01:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Schindler's List - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.27,0:01:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Unforgiven - is about men on horses
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.44,0:01:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Silence of the Lambs - is about a man who eats people, and this is interesting because although
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.10,0:01:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jodi Foster's character plays a pretty big role in the film, you would never describe it as a movie about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.16,0:01:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an FBI agent who... you would describe it as a movie about Hannibal Lecter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.19,0:01:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dances with Wolves - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.66,0:01:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Driving Miss Daisy - is about a man and a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.96,0:01:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rain Man - is about a man and his brother
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.03,0:01:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Last Emperor - man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.79,0:02:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Platoon - man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.78,0:02:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of Africa - is woman centered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.02,0:02:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amadeus - is about a man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.76,0:02:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Terms of Endearment - is woman centered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.90,0:02:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gandhi - is about a man, albeit a pretty extraordinary one
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.07,0:02:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chariots of Fire - men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.01,0:02:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ordinary People - is about a family
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.62,0:02:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kramer vs Kramer - is about a couple
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.72,0:02:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Deer Hunter - men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.49,0:02:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Annie Hall - is about a man and his love life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.17,0:02:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rocky - is about a man who fights other men, again
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.25,0:02:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.49,0:02:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Godfather, Part II - men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.56,0:02:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sting - is about two con men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.30,0:02:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Godfather, Part I - men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.24,0:02:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The French Connection - is about men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.21,0:02:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Patton - men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.28,0:02:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Midnight Cowboy - is a man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.02,0:02:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver! - is a boy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.96,0:02:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Heat of the Night - is about men
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.84,0:02:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Man for All Seasons - man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.11,0:02:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sound of Music - is woman centered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.31,0:02:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Fair Lady - is another interesting one because it's pretty equally about both a man and a woman's story
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.96,0:02:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Jones - man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.70,0:02:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lawrence of Arabia - is so male centered that there aren't even any female speaking roles in it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.02,0:02:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,West Side Story - is about both a man and a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.69,0:03:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally in 1960 is The Apartment which is from a man's perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.20,0:03:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So only 4 out of 50 of these films are exclusively centered on women's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.29,0:03:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vast majority are films about men and their lives and although there are some ensemble casts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.54,0:03:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women often play secondary or stereotypical roles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.14,0:03:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Year after year we see men's stories being created, produced, celebrated and honoured
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.72,0:03:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while women's stories take a back seat or aren't even represented.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.87,0:03:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's also behind the scenes in Hollywood that is dominated by men.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.88,0:03:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's astonishing that Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have ever won an academy award
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.06,0:03:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for best director in it's 83 year history, and she won for "The Hurt Locker" in 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.21,0:03:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is most definitely a male-centered film.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.92,0:03:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact only 4 women have ever even been nominated for best director.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.56,0:03:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's more startling is that women only account for 7% of all Hollywood directors.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.44,0:03:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hollywood executives, production companies, financial investors and backers are most interested
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.10,0:03:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in marketing to young men and funding stories that they, as men, can relate to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.76,0:04:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus they fund and produce the majority of Hollywood films to appeal to this demographic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.59,0:04:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, I want to see a many, many more films that are centered on women's lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.53,0:04:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however it's important to note that just because a film is women centric films doesn't mean it can't still be sexist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.52,0:04:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, in so called "chick flicks" women are often depicted in stereotypical gender roles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.09,0:04:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being obsessed with shopping, love and finding "Mr. Right".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.91,0:04:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to see more films that depict women as full and complete human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.72,0:04:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not stuck in stereotypical gender roles.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.96,0:04:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just so we are absolutely clear... I'm not saying men's stories aren't good, important or interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.35,0:04:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to point out that they are disproportionally valued and most rewarded in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.09,0:04:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are a few simple questions you can keep in mind next time you're watching a movie,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.44,0:04:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help you identify whether a story is male centered or female centered.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.78,0:04:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who has the most screen time?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.03,0:04:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whose perspective do we see the scene from?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.36,0:04:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whose story arc does the plot revolve around?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.50,0:04:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we see them make decisions?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.98,0:04:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who do we most identify with?