SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Barry Jenkins is all in when it comes to working with more women in Hollywood.
Jenkins won big at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, where he took home the award for best director and best feature for "If Beale Street Could Talk." The director used his acceptance speech Saturday to draw attention the Time's Up "4 Percent Challenge."
He invoked "Beale Street" star Regina King's speech at the Golden Globes, where she said, "I am making a vow … to make sure that everything that I produce, that it’s 50 percent women, and I just challenge anyone out there who is in a position of power … I challenge you to challenge yourselves and … do the same.”
"You know, Regina was at the Golden Globes and she said something that was very wise and very true," Jenkins said in his speech. "Women only make up 4 percent of studio directors, yet they make up 44 percent of directors in competition at Sundance and 60 percent of the directors nominated for this award."
He continued: "If even just 30 percent of us agree with Regina to in the next 18 months to produce or finance a film directed by a woman, that 4 percent can become 8 percent or 10 percent or 16 percent."
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King also won the Spirit Award for best supporting female for her role in the James Baldwin adaptation, though it seemed that she was saving her best speech material just in case she wins the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday, instead rattling off a long list of thank yous during her speech.
Jenkins also acknowledged the irony of winning the award as one of two men in a category with three women as his follow-up to Oscar-winning "Moonlight."
"I'm not going to lie, man, I really didn't want to win this damn award," he said. "With everything going on in the world, it just feels strange to be up here."
He also thanked "all these women (in the film) who told me what it had to be and I had to check my directorial ego and learn that I could not make a movie about women without women's voices at the forefront."
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