Last weekend at the final Sundance Film Festival in Park City, The Cut and UTA hosted a ‘How I Get It Done’ panel spotlighting women in entertainment.
” panel spotlighting women redefining power in the entertainment industry. Moderated by culture editor Brooke Marine, the panel featured guests Rena Ronson, partner and head of UTA Independent Film Group; Andria Wilson Mirza, Women in Film’s director of international programs; filmmaker Sarah Friedland; Jackie Titus, Google’s director of consumer marketing; and NEZZA, a singer and songwriter who is the subject of the short Sundance documentary.
This year marks the last time Sundance will take place in Park City before the fest leaves its home of over 40 years to move to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027, and the crowd at UTA House on Main Street was buzzing to hear what each panelist had to say. During the conversation, the five panelists shared how they get it all done — speaking openly about navigating their careers, the advice they would give their younger selves, how they celebrate their wins, and more. Below, some highlights from the discussion.On redefining power as a woman in entertainment: “For me, it’s about confidence and not second-guessing yourself. It’s amazing to see that now, a woman is running nearly every independent-film department in our industry.”“It’s not a straight path; it’s always crooked. I wish I hadn’t overthought things, like taking a job at an agency for a year. It was just my path.”On the idea of balancing it all: “Someone said to me years ago that the idea of ‘work-life balance’ is a joke. There’s never a balance; the most we can hope for is an integration or a ‘pie’ where we can show up in all these aspects. I’m the same person bringing the same set of skills and the same brain to any of these spaces. Filmmaking is a team sport; surviving in this industry is only done through true community and collaboration. That is the key to getting any of this done — knowing I’m not alone.”“Do not be afraid of learning or saying, ‘I actually don’t know that. Can you help me become the expert I want to be in this area?’”“I’m a delayed-reactions person. I’ve come to accept that you can participate in the moment of celebration when it happens, but the actual feeling may come when you least expect it. Sometimes the emotional reality settles in softly later, like nine months after a win.”“That the amount of time it takes does not correlate to your talent or how good the project is. I saw peers making features years before me and thought I wasn’t as talented, but in retrospect, it just takes the time it takes.”“I set a hard boundary. I work out first thing in the morning or walk the dog, and I don’t let myself look at my email until after I’ve done that one thing for myself. It’s taken a long time to do that, but I strive for that to be the default behavior.”“Ask for more help and do it more frequently. Help is inviting opinions to shape yourself and make your strategy better.” “Even now, I don’t have an answer for how I got myself to do it. Thirty seconds before, I was in my head like, ‘Do it? Yes? No? Yes?’ But I had been invited a month prior, and as things escalated with the ICE raids, I felt it was my duty to represent my people. I went in with a smile, but ten seconds before I went out, a team employee told me, ‘We’re performing the national anthem in English today.’ At that moment, the mama bear in me came out. I saw the stands filled with Latino families in Dodger blue and thought,“It took a while, but I finally got the courage to say to my manager, ‘That person made me uncomfortable in the recording studio; I don’t want to work with them anymore.’ I establish my boundaries now.”28 Best Sneakers for Women in Every Single StyleIlhan Omar Was Attacked at a Town Hall and Kept On SpeakingIs for the Real Charli Heads The Charli XCX mockumentary, which premiered at Sundance, takes up the same themes the pop star has explored throughout her career.‘That Could Have Been Me’: The Nurses Grieving Alex Pretti After CBP KillingYesterday at 2:17 p.m.Martha Stewart’s Granddaughter Got Her to Post About ICE Thanks to 14-year-old Jude Stewart, Martha wrote that she’s “disheartened” citizens can be “attacked and even killed by Federal troops.”New York
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