The Vault
The Vault by Maria GieseIn 2015, Maria Giese instigated the biggest industry-wide federal investigations for women directors in Hollywood history. She is a subject of multiple feature documentaries including Brainwashed (2023) and This Changes Everything (2019).
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Matt Damon’s Inclusion Odyssey, Part Two: Two Words
By Maria Giese
On March 4, 2018, Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for Best Actress and asked every female nominee in the room to stand.
Actors.
Writers.
Producers.
Directors.
Cinematographers.
Composers.
The women had stories...
Matt Damon’s Inclusion Odyssey: Part One, From Backlash to Reform
Watch Stacy Smith’s original LinkedIn video
Matt Damon tells Stacy Smith that their meeting was “really consequential for us” and “important.”
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Tom Cruise’s Digger: Star Power, Shallow Reform
“Watch the movie!”
That is Dr. Stacy L. Smith’s recommendation in a LinkedIn post celebrating her interview with Tom Cruise at the Digger premiere. The founder of USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative praises the film, anticipates awards-se...
Dossier #3: The Inclusion Rider (Document)
The March 2018 template that transformed Hollywood's discrimination debate from federal enforcement to voluntary compliance.
Published here is the March 2018 Inclusion Rider template prepared by Kalpana Kotagal of Cohen Milstein, Dr. Stacy...
Dossier #2: Ms. Magazine's "Lights. Camera. Inaction!"
In the summer of 2014, while the ACLU’s inquiry into discrimination against women directors was underway and more than a year before the EEOC investigation became public, Ms. Magazine published my article, “Lights, Camera, Inaction.”
The a...
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