Image: Hannah Gadsby in Nanette.
Creating cultural change is horrendously hard, because prejudice cuts so deep and is so easy to hide, and community members are focused on their own trajectories and never even notice bias.
In a way the screen sector has already been ground to a standstill on one fight already, as the earlier initiatives through the Australian Film Commission to establish women in the workforce did not break through. This time round, the activists understand the need to push continuously, publically review the results and keep the issue in the industry headlines. Hannah Gadsby and Nanette are an astonishing international breakthrough, and symbolise deep social change, but it could vanish on the social media breeze.
