It’s the year 2018 and on stage stands successful, talented actress Frances Mcdormand. She pauses for a second and then asks the audience to join her in getting some perspective. Then she say two words:
**Inclusion Riders**
…and was met with silence from the bewildered Academy crowd. But the ripples made by those two words turned to waves across Hollywood and beyond.
Contrarah agrees that it’s about time that the law is used to help women get the jobs and exposure that they deserve, so she enlists Lawyer Nicci Morris to talk through exactly how the law is changing to ensure fair representation behind and in front of the camera.
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