From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

Filmmaker Eliza Hitman knew she'd have trouble getting financing for her art house abortion

drama, never rarely, sometimes, always, and she didn't think it helped that she kept finding

herself pitching to rooms full of men. Oh, I went to a company that focuses, you know, on issue movies, and they told me they

were looking for films that focused more on global problems. I see. Yeah. Not just the ones that

affect women. Yeah. Yeah. Like water. That was what I was told. Hittman eventually got her money and her film, which features an astonishing performance by a young

woman who had never acted and didn't particularly want to. The film got raves at Sundance and

won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Never rarely sometimes always was set for a theatrical

release in March, but you know what happened.

It's not the experience Hitman imagined, but now Focus Features has released her movie on demand.

Just before Shelter at Home went into effect, we talked to Hitman about her award-winning film.

But first, more homebound banter.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my homebound partner in banter, Matt Bellany, of the Hollywood reporter.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So, Matt, despite this lockdown, which is grinding on and making everybody full of anxiety, AT&T is proceeded with a major, major business decision.

They hired Jason Killar, the original head of Hulu.

Back in the day when streaming Netflix wasn't even a thing when who started up and put him in charge

of everything, CNN, HBO, Warner Brothers Film and Television Studio, and of course the most

important streaming service, the reason why this guy was hired. This is a very radical decision because Jason Killar, who

has not really been doing anything of note after leaving Hulu, having made his bosses,

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