Round table: Promise and peril for female filmmakers

Roundtable: Julie Delpy, Ava DuVernay and Leslye Headland on directing

August 10, 2012, 1:11 p.m.

Roundtable: Julie Delpy, Ava DuVernay and Leslye Headland on directing"

Los Angeles Times' Nicole Sperling moderates a panel with Leslye Headland, Ava DuVernay and Julie Delpy discussing the challenges of being a female filmmaker.

Choose a topic below to listen in on the discussion or read the transcript.

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Video: Los Angeles Times Staff. Design: Lily Mihalik and Stephanie Ferrell. Interactivity: Armand Emamdjomeh.

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sburklaw at 11:54 AM August 11, 2012

It's wonderful to have a woman's perspective in movies and tv. It is unique. Maybe the heroines won't have to wear low blouses and short skirts and weigh 100 pounds.

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