{"id":132,"date":"2013-05-21T13:59:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T18:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2015-02-20T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T19:00:16","slug":"geena-davis-partners-with-hothouse-productions","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/geena-davis-partners-with-hothouse-productions\/","title":{"rendered":"Geena Davis partners with Hothouse Productions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent interview with The Boston Globe<\/em>, actress and Boston University alumna Geena Davis (CFA ’79, Hon. ’99)<\/strong> talked about the role COM’s Hothouse Productions<\/a> played in her latest venture: identifying the gender disparity in media programming aimed at young children with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media<\/a>. The institute’s mission is to work within the entertainment industry to dramatically alter how girls and women are reflected in media. <\/p>\n

Davis commissioned Hothouse to create two videos for her Institute’s “Guess Who?” series<\/a>. The series works to bring attention to and challenge kids’ assumptions about gender stereotypes. During a recent visit to Boston, Davis had lunch with Hothouse students who worked on the series.<\/p>\n

Hothouse productions is a Film and TV class operating as a student-run, client-driven production company. Projects include PSA\u2019s for local TV stations, videos for non-profits, an occasional music video and documentary shorts. Prior clients include Harvard University’s McLean Hospital, Massachusetts Advocacy Council and Boston Children’s Hospital.<\/p>\n

The following is an excerpt from the Globe<\/em>‘s interview with Davis.<\/p>\n

Q. What part is your BU connection playing?<\/p>\n

A. [Film & Television department professor] Garland Waller<\/a>\u2019s class helped create the video series. In one, the \u201cThe Baker and the Mathematician,\u201d kids are asked what a mathematician would look like. Their answers are all \u201che.\u201d \u201cHe would wear a blue suit.\u201d What would a baker look like? \u201cHe has a big moustache.\u201d Each is then asked, \u201cWhat if you were told the baker and mathematician were the same person \u2014 and she\u2019s a woman?\u201d They\u2019re like, \u201cNo way. Is that possible?\u201d That might make sense if this were a 1950s film. These days, it\u2019s shocking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Davis previously visited in November<\/a> to meet with the Hothouse team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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