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Anonymous
$35
Nov 30, 2017
Tina Parsley
In Honor of The Bolon Ladies who share their stories through words.
Eric
Shonkwiler
$10
Nov 30, 2017
Steph
Greegor
Vera
Brunner-Sung
Ginny Trethewey
In Honor of My filmmaker niece Megan Brotherton
$50
Nov 29, 2017
jack jackson
In Honor of My mother, sister, Cyndi, Terri and all the women who have enriched my life.
Kimberly
Lowe
Carol
Simonian
$25
Nov 29, 2017
Emily
Neumeier
$50
Nov 29, 2017
Danyel
Clark
$25
Nov 29, 2017
Jill
Bradfield
$25
Nov 29, 2017
Jenny
Deller
Anonymous
$50
Nov 29, 2017
Kathi
Martin
Rachel
Willis
Wesley
Fullen
$100
Nov 29, 2017
James
Petsche
Allison
Paul
Stephen Sterrett
In Honor of Jean Pitman for her leadership in working with youth
$25
Nov 29, 2017
Lauren
Behrendt
Anonymous
$25
Nov 29, 2017
Laura Cianca
In Honor of women everywhere.
$25
Nov 29, 2017
Meg Brown
In Honor of To all the Thurber writers! So proud of you!!
$25
Nov 29, 2017
Dani
Restack
$25
Nov 29, 2017
$5
Point of view
In a San Diego State University survey of the top 100 films of 2016, 5% of female characters were portrayed as leaders, versus 11% of male characters portrayed as leaders.
$10
Character
The 10 girls participating in this program come from 10 high schools across central Ohio: Indianola Informal K–8, Arts and College Preparatory Academy, Bishop Watterson, Columbus Alternative, Dublin Scioto, Lancaster, Pickerington, St. Francis DeSales, Westerville North, and Whitehall-Yearling.
$25
Storyboard
In the New York Times’ "25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far" (2017), 5 of the films had a female writer, and only 1 had an all-female writing staff.
$50
Dialogue
Women make up more than 50% of the US population, but a USC Annenberg survey of 800 popular films between 2007 & 2015 found that only 31% of speaking characters were female.
$75
Plot
A 2016–2017 survey of independent film festivals found that on films with at least one female director, women comprised almost 75% of writers; however, on films directed exclusively by men, only 7% of writers were women. Donors to this giving level (and above) who are also Ohio State alumni will receive the University’s Sustaining Member benefits, including a year’s subscription to the Ohio State Alumni magazine and eligibility for the annual alumni football ticket process.
$100
Theme
The annual Celluloid Ceiling report of the top-grossing 100 films of 2016 found women accounted for 14% of all directors, writers, executive producers, producers, editors, and cinematographers—down from 16% in 2015.
$250
Title
The Celluloid Ceiling reports that among 2016’s top 250 films, only 13% of the writers were women—the same percentage as in 1998.