Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning actress and gender-rights advocate, is this year’s recipient of the Sun Valley Film Festival’s Vision Award and Zions Bank-sponsored Grand Dame Award. With a career that includes decades of films that push the envelope for women’s roles, including her most recent virtual reality film, Dear Angelica, and the efforts of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media toward balancing the world of female characters in children’s film and television, the recognition lauds Geena Davis for her contributions both as an artist and change-maker. Davis speaks with SVPN Editor Kim Frank about what inspires her to choose particular roles and the success of the Institute.
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