Watch Again: HFPA Presents 'Women Breaking Barriers: An Industry Shift'

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presents "Women Breaking Barriers: An Industry Shift", an industry panel streamed live as part of the Sundance Film Festival.

[immanuvelluven]

Sia is such a fun person , omgggg she is really cute under those wig all this year

[Mareesindigo]

Zendaya is so precious. She’s so humble and down to earth. I wish her all the best and success in her career.

[gathik]

Loved hearing from Halle, Zendaya, and Andra on one panel!!! Sia and Robin were great additions too

[TinaGreyREDCARPETDRIVE]

It's great to see a virtual Sundance panel. This was so interesting & Sia was so funny . All the woman on this panel are breaking barriers & all are so real . Missing Sundance in person, I'm not the only 1.

[tiaraajackson]

wait... not Sia saying saying that because she casted a Black man she knew she had to cast a white woman as the female lead.

[lushusknight]

I love that Sia is so eccentric. She is absolutely adorable and quirky. Props to all the women, they are inspirational.

[dbdb]

This was good for all women, was so happy for Sia to be a part of it . All the ladies were lovely .

[gaila.]

I wonder what Andra was going to say at 34:30.

[khoreyr]

Sia is too cute... 🥺. I really love her ♥️

[boomboombb]

Thank you to all the great ladies. Loved all the discussions, especially enjoyed Sia 😍 looking forward to seeing everything, loved Sia’s little dance, added humor, especially at the end. Cute dogs, Dingus is a handsome boy 🎬👍🏼🐕❤️

[tiaraajackson]

Sia also seems to be centering herself in a majority of this conversation.

[alexiajaquelinepalmadiaz]

At the end of the interview, I was engraved with the "LGBTQ+" struggle and said: I support, but I don't march, support Sia as she went through a lot, and I cried in that part, as I'm afraid to tell my family that I'm bisexual.

[erinryan]

Why tf did Sia think she needed a white female lead just bc she hired one Black man- she’s acting like it’s so gross that that happened but she still went with it???

[dashxn.Editz]

I love zendaya she is amazing to me ❤️❤️

[senaitmessele]

Zendaya is smart and her future is so bright.♥️

[dfwrqpd]

lol zendaya bouncing after sias comment was perfect timing.Z not fucking wit sia at allll

[brookeo]

Zendaya is a lovely human, I hope she keeps up her work seeing her in film and social media is such a light of positivity!!! I wish sia would hush so we could hear more from the other directors, listening to ableists try and sound like an accepting person makes me wanna vomit. IDEA don't have blatantly hateful and ignorant people on a panel that should be about breaking down barriers when SIA is building them up against disabled people. And I mean she spoke over BIPOC on video just now while talking about race issues. How r people still supporting this woman!

[hardtechnoboy]

You're really going to trust an organization that gave Pia Zadora and Madonna acting awards??

[bigboydrz]

This is from a sub thread but, I do feel it is appropriate to leave this here.



I would say it is fair to mention, that the autistic community is not unanimously in favor of the content of the film. Do what? I will restate it again, right here: Make a film about Autistic people, whilst being a JERK to autistic people, and casting a film ABOUT autistic people played by people who are NOT autistic individuals.

Misunderstood perhaps is that the autistic community has been being actually ignored for years. It falls in line with mainstream culture that this movie would receive massive critical acclaim, for the society in which we live is so hoodwinked into believing people of difference need "help"

Autistic people do NOT NEED HELP doing X, Y, or including conforming to society.

Neurotypical people need to work understand autism better and understand autistic people (not "people with autism").

A good actor, a good producer, becomes the content. They grind with it - is this about producing a movie or about Sia understanding the autistic community and learning to be a better person herself? Sia is not being human. Or, she is acting unconsciously as the machine has acted, for thousands of years.

Have you ever heard of the word Eugenics?

Sia said that she tried working with a low functioning girl on the spectrum but she found it unpleasant and

WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW>A person with a critical difference feels out of place when the fast pace of a movie industry bounces around her. Is she being included or STUDIED like a lab rat to understand what she needs to do better? How can we tell the story that ALL SHE NEEDED WAS THE MUSIC

(thanks for the stereotype SIA)

Do you understand the perspective I am coming from here? We are ignoring what autism IS at its core, to paint a picture of what it is in this method!!!

[era.unraveling]

Dear Sia, you are continuing harm and triggers for Autistic individuals, Autistic community, and progress towards us having the opportunity to share our voice, which is NOT impossible (27:23). Dearest Sia, please listen to this panel conversation over again, and where you hear men and women, or black and white, and the various diversities which have privilege and the under-represented, please reinsert with autistic and non-autistic and the conversation still applies. We are not voiceless. Our voices are oppressed and you have contributed to that

Sia, In response to your statement at 28:57, in reality it seems you heard you couldn't cast an Autistic woman because then it would be an Autistic movie... and it won't be commercial. Gross!