Sound Bites From Camp Reel Stories
Half the Picture
Last Monday The San Francisco International Film Festival invited Camp Reel Stories for a screening of Amy Adrion new documentary, Half the Picture. This documentary speaks about a variety of issues such as the huge disparity of men and women's roles, and lack thereof, in front of or behind the screen. As someone who has not been in the film industry in the way that these female directors have been, it was really eye opening to hear all these professionals talk about their experiences. Common themes that they all described were of that they were not given chances to [...]
Black Panther
For the past decade the movie theaters have been flooded with superhero movies, many great, but primarily all white. As great as some of these films may have been they continued to lack diversity on screen for both men of color and women in general. Now that we as a society are beginning to be more critical of our films, we are in turn pressuring companies to make the more diverse movies that are beginning to reflect what we see in the world around us. Studios are finally putting out movies like Wonder Woman and Spiderman, who are not only [...]
One Day at a Time
The mission statement here at Camp Reel Stories is, “When women and girls are better represented behind the scenes in the media, they will be better reflected on the screen.” If you for some reason needed proof of this I suggest you turn your attention to this knockout of a show. One Day at a Time is the story of a Cuban American family living in Los Angeles, tackling issues of what it’s like to be Cuban in America, trying to raise a family without a father and all the other complications of raising two teens. The main character, Penelope [...]
