I do think film can change culture, in a way that reading a story in the New York Times does not.
Julie SmolyanskyThere's a leadership gap in the modern business world. Young professionals need to step up to the challenge.
Julie SmolyanskyWhat is exciting today is that with technology filmmaking has been democratized, and so many more people have access to making a film.
Julie SmolyanskyI've been a social justice advocate all my life, becoming an activist for women and human rights even in high school, and found ways to weave it in to my later for-profit career. The first film I got involved in was Christy Turlington's "No Woman, No Cry" , which was about the impact of maternal health around the world. It brought this important issue to light, and even though I wasn't in a credit position, I helped her find ways to screen it.
Julie SmolyanskyIt is all of our jobs to make sure that women's rights are human rights, and that they do have a place at the table, and we all push toward equality. The leadership numbers for women in business really haven't changed since I began as CEO. There are only 21 female CEOs at Fortune 500 companies, there is only 17 to 19 percent of female representatives in Congress, there are only eight female governors.
Julie Smolyansky