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Film Industry Leaders Demand Structural Fix for Gender Gap at Lumiere Summit

Women held 17% of key behind-camera roles when the Celluloid Ceiling study began tracking the figure in 1998. That statistic opened a panel at the Lumière Summit on Monday titled "Safer Sets, Different Stories:

Film Industry Leaders Demand Structural Fix for Gender Gap at Lumiere Summit

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Women held 17% of key behind-camera roles when the Celluloid Ceiling study began tracking the figure in 1998.

That statistic opened a panel at the Lumière Summit on Monday titled "Safer Sets, Different Stories:

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Women held 17% of key behind-camera roles when the Celluloid Ceiling study began tracking the figure in 1998. That statistic opened a panel at the Lumière Summit on Monday titled "Safer Sets, Different Stories:

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