Historically, older women in cinema were often relegated to "narratives of decline," portrayed as senile, feeble, or asexual. However, recent years have seen a breakthrough in authentic storytelling:

—where two named women talk to each other about something other than a man. : Films like Hidden Figures

The call didn’t come from her agent, but from a director half her age who had watched her 1994 breakout film on a loop during film school. Elena Vance