Can you believe that it’s been 30 years since Thelma & Louise burst onto the big screen and into the cultural landscape? Almost at the instant of its cinematic debut, in May, 1991,Thelma and  Louise graced the cover of Time Magazine. How often does that happen? It captured the perfect synergism of talent, beginning with...Read More

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the amount of press, praise, criticism and scholarly attention heaped upon the film “Thelma & Louise” in the 23 years since its release. For example, if you run a search of scholarly publications, you will find that it has been written about in well over a thousand books and...Read More

In this video Geena Davis explains how she was determined to be cast as the confident Louise, instead of insecure Thelma. During Geena’s interview with director, Ridley Scott, she recalls how she made a well rehearsed and logical case to be cast as Louise. Ridley asked her if she would consider playing Thelma. Fortunately, she had an instant change...Read More

We really enjoyed this recent photo/video shoot of Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon reminiscing the production of Thelma & Louise nearly 25 years ago. They share some fun details like how hard it was for Geena to concentrate after seeing Brad Pitt’s abs wetted down to simulate sweat. We can only imagine…Read More

Geena Davis: On a mission to change Hollywood. To most people, Geena Davis is a beautiful, elegant, talented actress. Few know that she is also a genius (her IQ is in the top 2% worldwide). And fewer still know of the organization she founded in 2007: The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The...Read More

According to this recent article on eonline.com, Geena Davis is outspoken about her views on the remake subject. Her opinion is that the movie should be left alone. We agree. How can you improve on perfection? So many remakes have been successful at one thing…to alienate fans of the original movie. Why not just watch the...Read More

  The Institute on Gender In Media works to engage and educate the entertainment industry on ways to reduce gender disparity and create more accurate gender roles in film and television. Director of Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise, Jennifer Townsend, spent time with Geena during a gathering to promote Geena’s Institute on Gender in Media. Click...Read More