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An Actress's Thoughts

7. December 2018
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Acting Union BFFS: Board Elections of the Sadder Type

If you follow this blog you may be a bit familiar with the goings-on at the BFFS, the German Acting Union, on an organizational level, and also in relation to several topics and the economically trying situation of the majority … Continue reading

8. April 2018
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Superheroine against Violence – #metoo

Superheroine against Violence – #metoo This image shows 9 white men, Horst Seehofer (CSU), the new Minister of the Interior, Building and Community (“Heimat”) and his 8 male state secretaries. The whiteness of them all is doubly anachronistic, as one … Continue reading

16. October 2017
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Weinstein and the Silence of the German Film Industry

Introduction Yes, in Germany as well The Silence of the Industry Additional Reading Addition Oct. 23 Update: Statements from Organizations Introduction On Oct. 5 the New York Times published the article “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades“ … Continue reading

14. October 2016
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Fair Pay & Acting

Fair Pay for All Today’s text is about the Fair Pay Initiative for Equity on the Pay Slip, with thoughts on the correspondent situation in the film business, especially as far as the wages of actresses and actors are concerned. … Continue reading

25. October 2013
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Vive la Nouvelle Révolution du Cinéma!

Vive la Nouvelle Révolution du Cinéma! After the French Revolution 1789-1799, the invention of the cinematograph by the Lumière brothers in 1890 and the new women’s movement of the 1970s, France is once again very active in cracking old structures … Continue reading