As the DGA prepares to honor some of its highest-profile members tonight at the DGAAwards, Jessica Dimmock wants to draw attention to a pragmatic, possibly prosaic policy change
2017 was a big year for Jessica Dimmock, both professionally and personally. As co-director of the Netflix docuseries, she earned her membership in the DGA -- and she also became pregnant. She worked up until the day she gave birth to her daughter , after which she took time off to recover physically and also bond with her newborn.
Dimmock asked her friend, Jax Media president of original programming Brooke Posch, for help finding an influential filmmaker to cosign the letter.
“Every day they wait, another member of their guild loses their insurance,” Posch says. “I want them to take action and give us a timeline.” As it stands, the DGA offers no form of leave for women in the lead-up and following child birth. In order to retain benefits, all members must reach a yearly minimum. Women, being underrepresented in this field, are already at a disadvantage towards reaching these minimums. To state the obvious, directing is a rigorous, intensive endeavor, often taking place away from home. Pregnant women are not allowed to travel until their final trimester, putting them at a disadvantage from the start.
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