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EP 221: Women's Production Society Part 1 Dana Belcastro and Debra Bergman

September 13, 2022 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, Independent Film, acting, DGA, Directors, gender equity, Producer, Studios, Stunts, women

I have a couple of really special interviews to share with you. Both are with the leadership of the Women’s Production Society. The WPS is an organization of physical production executives across the industry. It started as a small cocktail party and has since grown to more than 100 members and is a powerful force of change within the industry with the purpose to fulfill their mission statement: To promote the hiring of women in leadership roles in Film, Television and New Media. And this time we are in, where women are literally losing power over our very bodies, it is more urgent and important than ever that women take on leadership roles of influence and take deliberate action toward impacting our world.

This first interview is with the founding members Dana Belcastro and Debra Bergman. Both came up as producers and now both are executives. To get their full stories, I will refer you back to episodes 108 and 109 of this very podcast where we do a deep dive into both of their herstories. In today’s episode they walk us through the origin of the Women’s Production Society and what they are looking to do next as they hand the reins over to the next leadership of the group.

September 13, 2022 /Julie Harris Oliver
women in film, acting, film & TV, feminism, gender equality, hollywood, independent film, diversity, producer, gender equity, pipeline, organizational equity, organizational leadership, Alliance of Women Directors, DGA, domestic violence
Diversity, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, Independent Film, acting, DGA, Directors, gender equity, Producer, Studios, Stunts, women
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