Posted on 03/13/2018 7:41:42 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are adopting inclusion riders for projects made through their Pearl Street Films, according to head of strategic outreach at the production company, Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni.
"On behalf of Pearl Street Films, Matt Damon, @BenAffleck, Jennifer Todd, Drew Vinton & I will be adopting the #InclusionRider for all of our projects moving forward," Cox DiGiovanni tweeted Monday, responding to Michael B. Jordan's tweet from last week in which he announced that his production company, Outlier Society, would also begin adopting inclusion riders.
An inclusion rider is a reference to the belief by some that there should be requirements in contracts that provide for gender and racial diversity.
While Stacy Smith, director of USC Annenberg’s Media, Diversity & Social Change Initiative, first introduced the idea of the inclusion rider in a 2014 guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, Frances McDormand brought the idea into the spotlight recently during her best actress Oscar acceptance speech at the 90th annual Academy Awards. According to Smith, the rider focuses on improving diversity in select below-the-line jobs (cinematographer, production designer, sound, 1st and 2nd AD, editor, visual effects and composer) and supporting roles that do not affect “story sovereignty” or interfere with financing or insurance.
A request for comment from Affleck and Damon was not immediately returned.
In an effort to fight Racism and Sexism in Hollywood we will have to wholeheartedly engage in said practice.
So discriminatory hiring is okay if it is to push a quota agenda?
The Feminazi mantra was “take away his power”. They never wanted “equality”.
I guess the heyday of cinema has come to an end. I’ve seen some pretty cool indie films lately, though. Ink is a great one, and Frame, from the same film maker is also pretty cool.
We’ll see how this works out for them. I believe they are sincere, but reality will hit them square in the nose.
Normally a person gets past such juvenile viewpoints by the time they are 30, but it requires living in the real world, which a fair portion of Hollywood doesn’t do.
Next we’ll see a WWII movie with Sam Jackson as Patton and Jackie Chan as Ike.
WOW, I’m impressed. This will get them moved up front and center at the awards show and probably a few slaps on the back, maybe a trophy.
Perhaps a “Talent Rider” would be more effective.
I’m growing more and more amused as the Left draws attention to this “diversity” stuff, because I believe it’s hurting the cause more than helping.
By drawing attention to “diversity,” they’re admitting that they don’t pay attention to it. Most Americans are colorblind and base decisions such as hiring/firing on merit and acumen. By saying we need to be more “diverse” and “inclusive,” aren’t we advancing the idea that the status quo is tribal and exclusive?
So discrimination is ok except as to them?
How will women be treated under this “inclusion”? Abused? Harassed? Raped?
Throw a “diverse” bunch of liberals into a Hollyweird mix and there’s BOUND to be trouble
These two should have retired from the business after “Good Will Hunting”. And that movie was only tolerable thanks to Robin Williams.
I’ll bet Clint Eastwood won’t play this game. And that’s all it is, a game.
It will be just like Hamilton.
Speaking of INCLUSION, Ben Afflevk should have included his wife & children in his LIFE.
Two of the whitest boys in Follywood vow to bring non white boys into their White Kingdom.
It always puzzled me why women would want to come down to our level!
According to Smith, the rider focuses on improving diversity in select below-the-line jobs (cinematographer, production designer, sound, 1st and 2nd AD, editor, visual effects and composer) and supporting roles that do not affect “story sovereignty” or interfere with financing or insurance.
Ah yes, pretend to be open minded and “diverse” . . .but certainly don’t like that “diversity” impact the bottom line
What a bunch of phonies
“We don’t want the best. We want the most different looking.”
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