Margaret Atwood Recalls the direct order of MGM in 2016 to adapt its classic dystopian novel The history of the servant As a Hulu series as a risky touch.
“It was a bet. And the bet paid. The history of the servantI would have said, “Who will look at this?” “She told the second annual annual Hollywood Reporter Women in entertainment Canada Gala at Ritz Carlton in Toronto on Thursday.
“When he came out, a number of people estimated that she was enlightening because, surely, the United States would never do such things,” said the author, poet and acerbic activist, winning the Icon Prix at Ritz Carlton. She spoke of the success of the adaptation of her 1985 dystopian novel Hulu‘s The history of the servant has reached the highest point for its sixth and last season, and as a small screen for its 2019 monitoring novel, The wills, shoots Toronto.
Atwood was part of a crowd of large Canadian ladies celebrated at The Hollywood ReporterSecond annual event Wie Canada Annual. The gathering all day was followed by the best producers, actors, musicians and local leaders as Orphan black Breakout Humberly González, programmed in chief of the Toronto Film Fest Anita Lee, AEG presents that the Executive Debra Rathwell and the Cinespace Studios Magali Simard.
The high emotional points of the event included The sex life of college students Star Amrit Kaur, on stage to accept the revolutionary prize, calling on his Canadian colleagues in the room, and in particular the decision -makers, to be more fiery when they create and tell stories.
“Women have an intuition. We are not afraid of truth as men are. We understand the human condition. We have dealt with oppression. We do not take no for an answer. I want you to finance the art that feeds our fire as a woman, as a humanitarian and as an artist “, Kaur”.
Shirley Halperin, chief co-editor THR, and Jeanie Pyun, assistant editorial director of THRTo present the list of powers of this year of this year, 45 pioneers pierced and building the future of cinema, television and music north of the border.
“We are delighted to recognize the achievements of a diversified group of powerful women,” said Halperin, watching the crowded ballroom while calling for several of the 45 leading women on the scene of acclamations and delighted applause. Canada participants were also entitled to a performance of “I’m Done” by the singer-songwriter Rachelle Show.
And the first cohort of the WIE Canada mentorship program – Jessica Commanda, Aman Kaur Khangura, Julisa Marcel, Kipola Wakilongo, Olivia Weatherall and Dianne Wulf – also took the scene Ritz Carlton alongside their instructors while looking at personalized mentoring, workers and turbo networks.
Another culmination was Christina Jennings, founder and president of Shaftesbury, producer of the police procedure at the time Mysteries of Murdoch And the family series of dogs and cops Hudson & Rex, Receive the price of the glass ceiling. As a child of the 1960s and 1970s, Jennings recalled a golden age for women’s rights as a young woman.
“I considered myself no less capable than a man, and I never believed that outside of physical strength, I could do nothing that a man could do,” she recalls. Jennings, sister of the deceased anchor new ABC Peter Jennings, then turned to the United States today where women are faced with the reaction to the workplace and with society in general in the Donald Trump administration.
“Women’s rights are disputed and removing the progress we have made. It is frightening to see that Diversity, equity and inclusion, the rights for which we have fought so strongly, are being stripped in the United States of America, “she also called on Thursday. Flower moon killers Tantoo cardinal actress, who is Cree and Métis Heritage, won the Equity in Entertainment Prize.
It spoke of the indigenous peoples of Canada having crossed the impact of the infamous residential schools of Canada and the atrocities of the 1960s on the Aboriginal peoples of the country. “I came from a powerful people. Our story will tell you that we have found truths in our survival of atrocities, in the marrow of the children who survived and touched by the spirits of those who did not do it,” said Cardinal, stressing the power of healing and self -discovery by the narration.
And the legendary fashion and lifestyle journalist Jeanne Beker, receiving the impact prize, boasted of being able to make a career in Canada in the 1980s and 1990s, at a time when women did not support each other than today. “There was intense competition. I felt it and I felt threatened by women,” recalls an emotional beker.
But times have changed. “To see this incredible community here, just radiant, so much light and so much support, it’s absolutely disturbing. Thank you all for hanging on and being on this incredible journey,” added Beker.
The second WIE Canada annual summit once again gathered Canadian industry through television, cinema and music to celebrate and recognize the achievements of women who advance industry. The return of the event, produced once again by Access Canada, followed the first WIE Canada summit in 2024 to follow by emblematic Canadian artists like Lilly Singh, Nia Vardalos, Devery Jacobs, Kim Cattrall, Catherine Reitman and Jully Black.