Tools such as Alma Har’el’s Free the Bid, an amazing database of female directors all around the world, are being created to empower decision-makers with the information they need to make more creative hiring choices.
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‘HONEY BOY’ DIRECTOR ALMA HAR’EL EXPLAINS HOW TO JUMPSTART YOUR DIRECTING CAREER
I myself run a nonprofit that's called Free the Work. If you go on it and register as an emerging filmmaker, you can become part of a community and get a lot of opportunities for hire but also have mentorship.
WOMEN AREN’T GETTING MANY JOBS DIRECTING COMMERCIALS, EITHER
[Har'el] says the self-perpetuating discrimination makes it a challenge to pull up other women in the industry—but that she's committed to doing just that.