According to Deadline, the body is currently in talks to resolve charges that studios systemically discriminated against female directors.
The DGA urged for this to embrace other minorities – such as women – as well.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – a federal US agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination – looks likely to take legal action against major Hollywood studios.
This year, Ava DuVernay is the only female director with a film in contention for an Oscar, for her documentary about the US prison population, 13th.