'Mulan' director Niki Caro also will give a keynote at the two-day event, which brings together thought leaders from myriad backgrounds to posit action for a more inclusive industry and world.
The Levelling
"We cannot lose sight of the importance of the question of how to make the entertainment industry properly inclusive," Dickson Leach said Tuesday in a statement. "Whilst many of us are uncovering tangible solutions that really make a difference, we must remain committed to dismantling the larger issues of systemic exclusion that underpin our society and are replicated in the way we are expected to work.
"It was delightful to strip away the guilt and neglect that so often comes with accepting a job," she said, adding: "It created a great vibe on set and it didn’t cost a cent more to operate this way!"
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