PARIS, June 9 — As the MeToo movement evolves, the film industry is seeking practical ways to ensure its opposition to harassment and abuse is translated into tangible improvements.
The proposed three-person panel will include experts in harassment and abuse who can offer “help, mediation and investigation”, she said. Previously, “people spoke out but nothing happened because there was too much money involved to stop filming”, said Iris Brey, a writer specialising in cinema and gender.
“There’s a profound distrust in women being in positions of leadership. Maybe that isn’t conscious but I see it happening.”France’s prolific industry has a particularly high proportion of women directors but misogyny is still entrenched, said Reine Prat, who writes about gender and culture. “We talk about separating the art from the artist but they were clearly paying homage to Mr Polanski himself,” said Prat. “It was a green light to anyone who behaves that way.” The incident caused uproar, with French actress Adele Haenel — herself the victim of abuse by a director when she was 12 — pointedly walking out of the ceremony and the Cesar board resigning en masse in the aftermath.
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