430 - Film camera departments operate on a system of who you know, so what happens when you're not a member of the in-group?
Well-intentioned policymakers have made many attempts to intervene over the past 50 years or so, focusing primarily on addressing gender imbalances using a “just add women and stir” approach. In Australia this is exemplified by the Gender Matters policy suite from Screen Australia, which aims to improve the number of women working behind the scenes, and the number of productions telling women’s stories. Yet while gender inequality is important, it certainly is not all that matters if the ul...
