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In this keynote address, jill soloway takes on the critical feminist concept of the female gaze and asks what it would take to bring it the forefront. Jill soloway is the creator of the groundbreaking amazon series transparent, which received two golden globes and eight emmys. Our close relationship with jill soloway s booking agent and management team further enables us to provide inquiring clients with jill soloway s speaking fee and appearance cost. Ceremony at the beverly hilton hotel on february 19, 2017.
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The 2017 sxsw conference will include total keynote speakers announced throughout the season, along with a plethora of featured speakers. Transparent has received ten emmy nominations for the 2016 season. There are a ton of interesting speakers this year lee daniels, jill soloway and seth rogen, to name a few, but were perhaps most intrigued by gareth edwards spot. Transparent creator jill soloway talks the female gaze at tiff. In her keynote, jill soloway did exactly that in addressing the question.
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