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 Helen Mirren On Why She Resisted Calling Herself A Feminist At First

Helen Mirren On Why She Resisted Calling Herself A Feminist At First

by The Daily Eye Team June 1 2017, 3:11 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 42 secs

Though Helen Mirren emphatically calls herself a feminist now, she admits she's resisted the term in the past. Making the commencement speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, Mirren stated: "No matter what sex you are, or race, be a feminist. In every country and culture that I have visited, from Sweden to Uganda, from Singapore to Mali, it is clear that when women are given respect, and the ability and freedom to pursue their personal dreams and ambitions, life improves for everyone." "I didn’t define myself as a feminist until quite recently," he added. "But I had always lived like a feminist and believed in the obvious: that women were as capable and as energetic and as inspiring as men. But to join a movement called feminism seemed too didactic, too political."

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Former Director Ideation at Zee Network, filmmaker and writer Vinta Nanda is the editor of The Daily Eye, and has recently directed a feature-length documentary on feminism in India titled #SHOUT. Vinta produced, directed and wrote television serials including Tara, Raahein, Raahat, Aur Phir Ek Din and Miilee. Her film, White Noise (2004), was screened at international film festivals. Her Edutainment work includes the serials Sheila and Kasbah, feature film Anant, and Documentary, The Distant Thunder and she led The Third Eye program from 2013 to 2018 in partnership with Hollywood Health and Society, Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which built platforms for interactions  between creative communities and specialists, experts, social scientists and activists to initiate the idea of conscious storytelling.


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