Cate Blanchett's Diverse Hiring Rule and Cannes Moments

Actress Cate Blanchett has mandated that her production company, Dirty Films, interview women and minorities for jobs as a means to level the playing field in Hollywood. Blanchett and her co-producer Coco Francini have hired mostly female directors and crew members and mandated that diversity must be a top priority moving forward. Dirty Films’ diversity quotas are similar to the National Football League’s rule called “The Rooney Rule” which was also a diversity and inclusion quota that guarantees that every team must interview a minority coach before making a final decision on hiring a head coach.