Storytelling is in my bones. It’s part of how I function, it’s how I move through the world,” says Caitlin Morris, one of the three co-founders of the women-in-film collective Pitch Her Productions. Launched in 2014 with two of her closest friends, Chanel Waterhouse and Gloria Munoz, this organization is not just a girls’ club, but a place where women striving to get to the top of the film industry can come to learn, network, and find support to create their next masterpiece.
“Our main goal is really to disrupt the industry in whatever small way we can,” explains Morris. “One of our big breakthroughs was the realization that this glass ceiling that everyone talks about has been in some ways formed by, and certainly strengthened by, many, many years of misrepresentation in media.”
The collective’s hero is Geena Davis, who has been advocating for women in film since 2004, a time when the conversation about women’s advocacy wasn’t on the minds of most. While there is much still to be done to level the playing field, Morris and her co-founders have a sense of pride and excitement about the capabilities of women they’ve witnessed first-hand.
She says, “Seeing this in action all the time, it’s such a beautiful reminder of how compassionate, and focused, and determined, and principled women can be in their approach to art.”
For additional background about Morris and the work of Pitch Her Productions, check out our short video interview, below, created for International Women’s Day 2020.
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