Women Rally On Cannes Red Carpet

Actors and directors in a red carpet protest of inequitable representation of women at the cannes film festival and in the industry.

Women rally on cannes red carpet.

Eighty two women including cate blanchett and ava duvernay marched up the red carpet at the cannes film festival on saturday to protest gender inequality at the festival and in the wider film industry. Cannes france ap eighty two women climbed the steps of the palais des festivals at the cannes film festival in an unprecedented red carpet protest to press for improved gender equality in the film industry. It is the first edition of the festival since allegations of sexual harassment. The number of stars filmmakers and film industry professionals ascending the steps represented the number of female filmmakers who have been selected to compete at cannes during the.

It featured a total of 82 females who united to show solidarity in cannes france as they hoped to shed light on the industry s lower. Eighty two women from the film industry stand in protest on the red carpet to acknowledge the lack of female filmmakers honored throughout the history of the cannes film festival.