“Retaining digital screeners for good is one of the easiest ways around to deal with an accessibility hurdle,” writes JillPantozzi. “Do you truly want ‘everyone’ to be included in this industry or just the privileged ones?”
It seems like every year there’s a new plea for equality and better treatment in Hollywood. Why? The answer is simple: Things aren’t equal, and they haven’t been for a very, very long time. From who gets hired as director on a blockbuster to the person being overlooked for a promotion because they’re only seen as a sexual object, and an actor happily accepting whitewashed roles, to say the entertainment industry needs an overhaul would be an understatement.
Now that some are assuming it’s fine to “go back to normal,” those screeners that were made available so quickly and easily have somehow started to disappear. Due to pandemic accommodations, countless journalists have had access to something they never would have had otherwise. And we don’t want it to end.
As an editor, safety of my staff is one of my top concerns. If they’re not comfortable with something, I’m not comfortable with it. But beyond the current and very legitimate health concerns, digital screeners open up access to a much wider array of writers I could use for a given project. In-person events –screenings, interviews and junkets, special previews — almost always take place in major metropolitan areas and living in those areas is prohibitive for many.
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