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Meryl Streep's screenwriting lab seeks to buck mostly-male trend
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Apr 20, 2015
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Meryl Streep's screenwriting lab seeks to buck mostly-male trend
Meryl Streep on Sunday announced financial support for a screenwriter's lab to be held this fall. Participants must be women over the age of 40.
Actress Meryl Streep arrives for a photocall for her film "Into the Woods" in Tokyo Thursday, March 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Actress Meryl Streep arrives for a photocall for her film "Into the Woods" in Tokyo Thursday, March 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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Meryl Streep on Sunday announced financial support for a screenwriter's lab to be held this fall. Participants must be women over the age of 40.

The people writing movies these days tend to be young men. But one very famous actress is trying to change that. 

Meryl Streep on Sunday announced financial support for a screenwriter's lab to be held this fall. Participants must be women over the age of 40. 

Melissa Silverstein, an expert on women in Hollywood, talks to host Alex Cohen.