Reel Families for Change

Reel Families for Change A 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to making the screen industry safe, fair, and collaborative for all.

It’s lovely to see everyone championing creative freedom in film… well, nearly everyone.From the outside, the industry g...
05/20/2026

It’s lovely to see everyone championing creative freedom in film… well, nearly everyone.

From the outside, the industry gleams — red carpets, gold statues, the “dream factory.” But the shine masks a system where suffering is sold as “paying dues,” and extraction is normalized as the price of success.

This industry was built by outsiders (immigrants, BIPOC creators, q***r folks, women) whose hustle shaped Hollywood, only to be used against them. Work twice as hard. Get half as much. Watch the goalposts move.

The cage is still shiny in 2026, but now a handful of conglomerate streaming platforms own the keys.

Can we still call it creative freedom?

05/18/2026

Same salary. THREE DECADES LATER. For one of the most iconic actresses in Hollywood?!?!

We don't think so! And neither did she.

Sharon Stone turned it down. She walked away because she knows her worth.

Two weeks later, that studio head was fired.

At RFC, we know wage gaps aren't about talent, experience, or box office value. They're about who the system was built to protect—and who it wasn't.

That's why we're we're building production frameworks where pay parity isn't a conversation you have to FIGHT for—it's rooted in the foundation.

C'mon Hollywood, it's time.

05/13/2026

At Let Our Rejoicing Rise, Executive Producer Kiki Collins shares what it takes to sustain a career in film while creating content that liberates and heals. ⁠
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A safe, inclusive, and understanding set makes the difference between living in the heaviness of a story and finding the joy in it.

📍Follow along for more gems from this amazing event at RIVAA.⁠
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05/13/2026

What's the scariest thing you could possibly hear when walking onto a set? ⤵️

04/27/2026

Pixar posted this video in August 2022.
Galyn Susman was laid off in May 2023.

In less than a year, Pixar went from praising the Technical Director (who’d been with Pixar since 1995) for quite literally saving Toy Story 2...
to laying her off.

After having a baby, Galyn had to go out of her way to ask for a home computer so she’d be able to work and raise her child. This should be a norm, BTW.

Because Galyn had to do all the extra labor of copying her work onto her home computer, she had the (somehow) ONLY usable copy of Toy Story 2 after multiple other retrieval methods failed.

Parents in the film industry face so many barriers, and this is the treatment we see over and over again.

This icon should be revered at Pixar, yet they let her go. *Sigh*

We’re only important to them when they decide we are.

But we can flip the script on industry care. We CAN care for all workers while producing better movies. Get involved at ReelFamilies.org

Nonbinary parents belong in film—on screen, behind the scenes, and in every part of the industry. 🌟 At Reel Families for...
04/19/2026

Nonbinary parents belong in film—on screen, behind the scenes, and in every part of the industry. 🌟

At Reel Families for Change, we advocate for an equitable screen industry where all caregivers are seen, supported, and celebrated. It’s time to build the policies, resources, and ecosystems that make caregiving and creative careers truly compatible.

Get involved at ReelFamilies.org

04/15/2026

For women in film, leaving the industry to raise children is often the end of their career (whether they want it to be or not).

What does it boil down to? The right to life outside of work. Parents can't come back to doing 16-hour days with no childcare or healthcare.

Who would benefit from 10-hour days, dependent care, and healthcare provided by their employer? EVERYONE.

Shoutout to Kate Winslet for advocating for Alison Harvey's return to the industry. 👏🏽 Let's create production practices that match production culture needs.

Credit: The Female Quotient

04/03/2026

"What changes when we are in the room from the beginning?"

At Let Our Rejoicing Rise, Tracey Moore shared an example of how she holds the burden of being the one to educate the room so that Black actors, characters, and stories don't suffer under stereotypes.

This is a woman who took full ownership of this reality despite it potentially costing her job, her autonomy, etc. in an industry that is all too quick to silence those of us who speak up and speak out. Let's give flowers to her for how she shows up in rooms and what that means for the actors who enter after her.

So what changes?
Stories are better.
Sets are safer.
Inclusivity is a part of the conversation.

‼️But why is it the responsibility of the overburdened, marginalized, and harmed to have to do this work?

And would the Hollywood Diversity Report be so abysmal if these kinds of things were taken into consideration?

📍Follow along for more gems from this amazing event at RIVAA.

We've been saying it, you've been seeing it. To help us connect the dots, we're looking at "The Last 100 Years of Film"-...
03/30/2026

We've been saying it, you've been seeing it. To help us connect the dots, we're looking at "The Last 100 Years of Film"--because if we don't learn something FAST, the last 100 years will be the last 100 as we know it.⁠
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Today, we're exploring the often forgotten history of women film editors. Interestingly, though women played a major part in helping the profession become formally guidled, they were soon pushed out.⁠
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The very people who help build the profession didn't get to stay in it.⁠
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We must look back at how this industry came to be what it is, LEARN from the root of the mistakes, then support the care infrastructure the industry needs. ⁠
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Flip the script on industry care. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/flipping-the-script-on-care
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