All your favorites are calling on the entertainment industry to close the gender pay gap behind the scenes. Dozens of actors and filmmakers including Sterling K. Brown, Jane Fonda, Ava DuVernay, Don Cheadle and Mandy Moore signed an open letter to Hollywood this past weekend, urging the industry to pay women in production what they’re worth. In the era of Me Too and the recent Time’s Up movement, the letter reminds the industry that women behind the camera, such as female production coordinators and art department coordinators, have been left out of the conversation. There’s “an egregious wage gap for historically female-majority crafts,” according to the letter. The letter is also signed by several social justice organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, National Women’s Law Center and The Representation Project.

Source: Huffington Post August 27, 2018 16:18 UTC