Geena Davis: We Can Fix Hollywood Gender Disparity

NBC News reports:

When Oscar winner Geena Davis scored a surprise hit with "Thelma & Louise" in 1991, she heard that it was going to "change everything" in Hollywood. She heard the same thing when her female-driven baseball comedy "A League of Their Own" became a huge smash the following year. And yet, the industry's poor record on gender parity continued.

Now, after decades of successful films featuring women getting dismissed or diminished, Davis is taking matters into her own hands. She is executive producing a new documentary that begins shooting this month (tentatively titled "Gender in Hollywood) that lays bare the problem -- and why everyone, not just feminist movie buffs, should care.

No word yet on when Geena Davis is going to do a documentary on the gender disparity in America's government schools when it comes to male teachers being hired.