Kate G.
Seem to know their stuff, but not welcoming to women
Years ago, I ordered the FTF full course. I joined the FTF community on Facebook hoping to share tips and look for work. Unfortunately, instead, I found members who spouted misogynistic things like “women aren’t as good as men at filmmaking because they are too busy competing for male attention, so FTF shouldn’t hire any.” When asking support to perhaps remove this or stand up for women, they could do nothing as per Parker’s orders. Instead, Parker himself posted that everyone should police themselves (while deleting comments that didn’t agree with him) ensuring that the community would be neither safe nor welcoming for women. I could not get a refund, so I have tried many times to go back and watch the courses because I do think there is good information in there. But every time I try I feel a stress knot in my stomach because of that experience with Parker. I wish I hadn’t purchased FTF. I wish I hadn’t joined the Facebook community, but more than that, I wish that they understood what all social media platforms do: that when you let people “police themselves” then the loudest, worst parts of the majority become their face, and failing to stand up for women as filmmakers will never be okay.
Response from Full Time FilmmakerAug 9, 2024
Hi Kate, I am sorry to hear about that negative experience back in 2021. We are a very small team trying our best to manage a very large community of people and we appreciate your understanding. We will gladly receive and implement any feedback we can get of how we can make our community more inclusive. For transparency, here is a direct quote from our reply to you back in June 2021. "We'll get rid of what we see, but at the end of the day, we aren't police officers. We'll always do our best, but you can help us by reporting it!" In regards to the refund, we are unable to process refunds after the allotted 30 days (as per our refund policy).