Hollywood ignores one of its most powerful demographics

Award-winning Brazilian screenwriter Renata Ellis has released Inclusion Has an Expiration Date, a satirical manifesto-memoir that exposes systemic ageism, nepotism and pay-to-play access in the entertainment industry. The story follows Ellis as she attempts to re-enter the screen industry as a midlife professional in both the United States and Europe, but she finds that although corporate PR campaigns often promote inclusion, mature women remain mostly invisible both in front of and behind the camera. It calls the deception an irrational “business of hope” because the industry mostly ignores one of its most loyal and financially powerful demographics.