Dede Gardner on ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘Mickey 17’ and Filmmaking During the Trump Administration: ‘Keep Pushing for Story That Counteracts the Erasure of History’
variety.comPlan B co-founder and Los Angeles native Dede Gardner refuses to let the Trump administration scare her out of LA. At a masterclass moderated by Variety‘s Elsa Keslassy, Gardner explained that though she may have initially felt the urge to relocate to Europe (especially in the wake of Plan B’s partnership with Paris-based Mediawan), she feels more strongly about continuing to tell important stories in LA. “The truth of it is I feel conflicted,” Gardner admitted. “There are days, especially recently, where you think, ‘This isn’t sustainable.
What’s going to happen? This is completely nuts.’ Then there are other days where being in California, which is essentially the most progressive state, part of me thinks, ‘No, you know what?
Stay here. Be on the front line. Be around. Be near the change.'” “We interviewed the great Mike Davis a few years ago for a movie about the LA riots.
He wrote that book ‘City of Quartz,'” she continued. “He said, ‘Everything that happens in LA happens 20 years before it happens in the United States.’ So there’s a part of me that thinks you can’t run.
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