abstract: 'This article addresses the question of how gender inequalities are

  produced in the film industry. In the absence of industry or

  organizational interventions, these inequalities seem unmanageable. We

  present an exploration of the gendered working lives of below-the-line

  film workers in New Zealand, in the context of the western film

  industry. Repeatedly, women activists have pointed out that a perception

  of gender equity contradicts the statistics, which demonstrate

  traditional as well as new'' forms of sexism. In this post-feminist

  context inequality is typically invisible and unspoken, and there is a

  thriving narrative of meritocracy based on talent and determination,

  where you''re only as good as your last job''. Below-the-line crew'' are

  distinguished from creatives in a hierarchy of creativity. In the New

  Zealand film industry, they are not unionized, and there are no policies

  addressing gender. From their perspective, their powerlessness in terms

  of employment rights is taken as a given, a price they pay for doing

  their dream job. In spite of beliefs about merit, talent and the good

  idea'', women''s good ideas'' and their work capabilities across a range of

  roles are less likely to be recognized and rewarded than those of men.'
affiliation: 'Jones, D (Corresponding Author), Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Management,
  Victoria Business Sch, Wellington, New Zealand.

  Jones, Deborah, Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Management, Victoria Business Sch,
  Wellington, New Zealand.

  Jones, Deborah, Victoria Univ, Ctr Labour Employment \& Work, Melbourne, Vic 8001,
  Australia.

  Pringle, Judith K., AUT Univ, Org Studies, Auckland, New Zealand.

  Pringle, Judith K., AUT Univ, Gender \& Divers Res Grp, Auckland, New Zealand.

  Pringle, Judith K., Griffith Univ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia.'
author: Jones, Deborah and Pringle, Judith K.
author-email: 'Deborah.jones@vuw.ac.nz

  judith.pringle@aut.ac.nz'
author_list:
- family: Jones
  given: Deborah
- family: Pringle
  given: Judith K.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/1467-954X.12239
eissn: 1467-954X
files: []
issn: 0038-0261
journal: SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
keywords: film industry; New Zealand; below the line; sexism; gender
keywords-plus: 'LOCAL-LABOR MARKET; NEW-ZEALAND; CREATIVE INDUSTRIES; GENDER; EQUALITY;

  LOCATION; WORK'
language: English
month: MAY
number: 1, SI
number-of-cited-references: '54'
pages: 37-49
papis_id: a4c533a8a1553f3509f97ed4fe728668
ref: Jones2015unmanageableinequali
times-cited: '43'
title: 'Unmanageable inequalities: sexism in the film industry'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000355232500003
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '45'
volume: '63'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2015'