Although we might be seeing some improvements for women behind and in front of the camera, it’s important to remember that our job is no where near done.
Women and Hollywood, who have continuously worked to spotlight women and hold the industry accountable, have released an awesome remix of Trooko, K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC and Residente’s great track on The Hamilton Mixtape “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” titled “Hollywood (Our Work Isn’t Done)”
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This video has such a good message. They are showing that women will make way in this industry, won't back down, and give the facts in comparing pay/employment/respect when comparing women and men. I think that using the track to Hamilton was a fun and good idea for the current popularity. I just wish this was more lively. I'm sure so much work went into the video and the writing of the song, but it really was not that interesting. The actresses did not keep my attention, and did not seem like they were trying to get across an important message. I do think that their was something important in the way the line, "our job is no where near done" was shot, but other than that I didn't see any emotion or anything memorable in the video. It had so much potential and does have a lot of great qualities but I don't think will reach the biggest audience it could have, if it were more lively and interesting. I do love how they were not afraid to drop names, because so many times in a feminist article it generalizes groups, and I think it is so much more powerful, although intimidating to say it as it is and use specific examples.
It’s very cool to see women standing up for equal representation and diverse female media in the mainstream. I love the original “Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)”, and I think the struggle described of immigrants needing to work 100 times as time to get even close to the same amount of opportunities and recognition of others is translatable to the struggle of women to get the credit they’ve been demanding for hundreds of years. I liked the references to Hidden Figures, Moana, and Ghostbusters, because the incredible effect these movies have on young girls who are told everyday, sublimely and directly, that they can’t do what boys can. I remember tearing up while watching Hidden Figures because it was so surprising and so cool to see strong, intelligent women of color represented on-screen, and it was especially powerful that their story was real, just pushed under the rug until now. There have been numerous articles about how schools have been raising money to bring Hidden Figures to their schools to show their female students how much power they are able to have. Moana gives young kids a “princess” who doesn’t spend the movie chasing after any prince, and who, instead, saves her whole civilization. I loved the updated Ghostbusters, and I remember getting emotional watching it with my independant female friends. The more role model examples girls are given, the more possibilities they will feel for their futures. Of course our work isn’t done- our current president is doing everything he can to prevent women from having access to healthcare and equal rights. But let's persist, nevertheless.
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