FilmAThon

Readathon dedicated to appreciating cinema & literature 🍿 created/ran by @_shakattack (storieswithshak on booktube)

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

Welcome to FILMATHON! So excited to be announcing this readathon as I’m so happy to be running a readathon surrounding two things I love: BOOKS AND MOVIES!

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Aaaaand stop! You did it. Thank you so much for taking part tonight. Almost half way through the readathon - how is everybody's progress so far?

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Keep going - don't give up now!

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Hope you had a lovely break! Let's go for the big sprint of 45 minutes, until :00. We got this! 📚🍿✨

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DID YOU KNOW: 68% of all female characters were white in the top 100 films of 2019 (we need to do better!)

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

Amazing job! How much did you get read?

Let's not stop just yet. Break for 15 minutes and meet me back here at :15 for a longer sprint - 45 whole minutes! Just you and your book. No distractions!

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

Let's read! Go as fast as you can :D

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Have a nice break? Betcha did. Let's sprint again for 30 minutes this time. From :30 until :00. Go as fast as your eyes will let you! 👀

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NICELY DONE! Let's break for 10 minutes until :30, then jump right back into sprinting.

DID YOU KNOW: Katherine Bigelow is the ONLY female director who has won the Oscar for Best Director, despite many other women in film being eligible for the award

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

Go, go, go!

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How does a warm-up reading sprint sound? Let's go for 15 minutes from :05 until :20 📖✨

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Your reads are looking great! I will be reading some of When Dimple Met Rishi - hopefully going to finish it soon. I really don't want to fall behind 😭

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

Tonight's sprints will be surrounding STATISTICS. To show you what I mean, I'll give you one for free before we start reading!

DID YOU KNOW: of the top 10 grossing films of 2019 in Hollywood, only 10.7% of directors were women

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

Hello everbody! Hope you're well. Are you ready to read together for 2 hours? I really hope so! Grab your current read, take a picture of it and reply to this tweet with what you're reading! 🍿

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I am so sorry for missing the sprints on sunday, I was battling a migraine! Tonight we’ll read together though, check back at 5 PM BST!

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Female filmmakers exist - so stop paying us dust! Have a wonderful night 💞🎬

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EVEN MORE!

🍿 The All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women: https://t.co/1IRLO2V8mZ

🍿 We Need More Asian Female Directors In Cinema: https://t.co/NVpupvCmt4

🍿 5 Groundbreaking Female Directors:
https://t.co/8dRvCOUnVj

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

That's okay! There will be more sprints soon <3

[Susy @SusysStories]

@_filmathon I was so excited to be able to join but ended up only watching tv. Didn’t read one single page 😕

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

MORE!

🍿 List of LGBT-related films directed by women: https://t.co/evPDpMbQg1

🍿 the matrix and being trans: https://t.co/EKlQKFMNws

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

For now, if you'd like to see more films from women there are an abundance of lists online that give some great recs. Take a look at a few of these!

🍿 movies directed by women of color: https://t.co/P97w6gnyWK

🍿 100 greatest films directed by women:
https://t.co/CaAeTXkl5L

[FilmAThon @_filmathon]

Thank you so much for taking part tonight! I wish you the best of luck until we meet again on SUNDAY 11TH APRIL AT 5PM. The theme for these sprints will be STATISTICS. How many women in film are there? And why don't we see more?