In the nine months since the #MeToo movement truly began, many in the industry have spoken out about the belief that if more women were in positions of power, sexual harassment and assault in the workplace would not occur. And while the women who are in charge are working hard on the next step of the movement — ensuring their staffs feel empowered and safe — sexual harassment is not the only thing against which they are fighting.
“Even though, at the beginning of every season, legal sends somebody to…talk to production, I and the other executive producers on both of the shows that I’ve been working on, we just started making phone calls and calling people into our offices and talking to every single department head,” Sera Gamble, executive producer of “The Magicians” on Syfy and the upcoming “You” for Lifetime, said during an “all female showrunner panel” held at YouTube’s Los Angeles,...
“Even though, at the beginning of every season, legal sends somebody to…talk to production, I and the other executive producers on both of the shows that I’ve been working on, we just started making phone calls and calling people into our offices and talking to every single department head,” Sera Gamble, executive producer of “The Magicians” on Syfy and the upcoming “You” for Lifetime, said during an “all female showrunner panel” held at YouTube’s Los Angeles,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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