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Today, Explained

Inclusion Riders, Explained

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Quick bonus episode! Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for Best Actress last night for her performance in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” In her memorable acceptance speech, she asked all the nominated women to stand up and left them with two words: “inclusion rider.” Vox’s Caroline Framke explains how inclusion riders could force Hollywood to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay, quick little thing.

0:04.2

And the Oscar goes to Francis McDormand, three-builder,

0:10.8

and some secondary.

0:12.4

Francis McDormand won Best Actress last night

0:14.3

to absolutely no one surprise.

0:16.6

So I'm hyperventilating a little bit if I fall over,

0:19.5

pick me up because I've got some things to say.

0:21.6

And it all came down to two words.

0:24.0

Inclusion rider.

0:25.9

So quick little bonus episode, what do those two words mean?

0:35.1

I asked Vox's Caroline Framke.

0:37.6

A rider is part of a contract that when a star is negotiating

0:40.9

to be part of a project, they can use to mandate their terms.

0:44.2

An a-lister who uses an inclusion rider

0:46.0

as part of their contract can mandate that their crew

0:50.0

is more diverse.

0:50.7

They can mandate that.

0:51.4

More speaking roles go to women or people of color.

0:54.2

This is a really important tool that someone who is in a position

0:58.0

to make demands can use in order to change what movies look like,

1:03.0

to make it look more like our world.

1:05.0

A USC, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative,

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