2 female execs say sex discrimination still prevalent in film industry

  Eventually, you learn to be strong and let it not get to your head," said producer Patti Lapus on how to deal with discrimination against women that is still shockingly prevalent in the filmmaking industry here and abroad. "When I was starting as a young woman in the industry, I admittedly experienced a lot of cat-calling, especially since I started as a make-up artists, a job that involved dealing with the actors. This was why, for a moment, I had to ask myself if becoming a producer is really what I wanted to do," said Patti, who is head of production of Epicmedia Productions. "As a line producer, you have to make decisions on everything that happens on the set. The...

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