Jessica Jones show runner, Melissa Rosenberg, has announced that the Netflix series will only have female directors for it's second season.
The discussion about diversity has gained a lot of attention the past couple of years, not just racial diversity but also gender diversity. I might be alone in this but I don't notice a lack of gender diversity within the entertainment industry. I know about the lack of female directors and female led shows in general but when it comes to the team behind the scenes, I don't pay as much attention to the inequality effecting them.
A 2015 report showed that women made up only 27% of all creators, directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and directors of photography working on broadcast network shows. I started to think about all of the shows that I do watch on TV and after a little internet digging, very few of them are ran by a gender balanced team. We talked a little about the lack of women holding executive positions but in this day and age where TV is available at our fingertips, are we concerned with the lack of gender diversity in all of the industries that we support?
I don't think that I should only watch female led shows but I should give those shows a chance and even move some of them into binge watching rotation.
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