The three-year-old Lights on Women award is fairly new to the festival. “I’m very proud of L’Oréal for doing it. It’s a wonderful addition to what they are doing for women, showcasing directors.”
“The media and popular opinion sort of created this myth that women were kept fighting all the time and competing. Not that there isn’t that, but women have always made good friendships.” She contrasts female friendships as deeper than male friendships, and says she’s always found strength in those connections.
Her latest projects — the hit Netflix show “Grace and Frankie” with Lily Tomlin and the popular “Book Club” film and its sequel, costarring Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen — have been all about the power of female bonds. But those projects will be her last — at least for a while. She’s starting a new chapter dedicated to political work.
The PAC’s aim is to elect politicians who are “climate champions,” and who do not take money from the fossil fuel industry. She’s forceful and detailed when speaking about the science, noting that the world is closing in on tipping points where ecosystems begin to collapse. Once those cycles start, it will be too late to reverse.