The shift isn't just in front of the lens. A new generation of female directors, many of whom are now in their 40s and 50s, are telling these stories with authenticity. (40) may be young, but her Little Women (2019) and Barbie (2023) centered the narrative of middle-aged female identity. Emerald Fennell (38) explored toxic female rage. But look to Jane Campion (67), who won an Oscar for The Power of the Dog (2021), a brutal western about masculinity. Or Chloé Zhao (41), who captured the nomadic elderly in Nomadland (2020), giving Frances McDormand (63) the role of a lifetime as a woman living in a van by choice.
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: Only 1 in 4 characters aged 50+ are women. The shift isn't just in front of the lens