Hope Dickson Leach is quoted in Sarah Bradbury’s article about female directors in 2017, as are film-raisers Alice Lowe (who says “Get out there and do it. Don’t wait for permission”) and Alex Helfrecht, as well as our colleague Dr. Natalie Wreyford at Calling the Shots. Bradbury notes that:
Raising Films’ survey Making It Possible reveals a host of barriers, from direct discrimination to the impossibility of juggling the expected working hours, once filmmakers become parents (disproportionately affecting women).
