She. Made. This.
Celebrate the women behind and in front of the camera and stream Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_LessonsInChemistry
Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.
Starring alongside Larson are Lewis Pullman (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Outer Range”), NAACP Image Award-winner Aja Naomi King (“How to Get Away with Murder,” “The Birth of a Nation”), Stephanie Koenig (“The Flight Attendant,” “The Offer”), Kevin Sussman (The Big Bang Theory,” “The Dropout”), Patrick Walker (“Gaslit,” “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey”), and Thomas Mann (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”).
Lessons in Chemistry is produced for Apple TV+ by Apple Studios. Seven-time Emmy Award-nominee Lee Eisenberg (“WeCrashed,” “Little America”) serves as showrunner. Academy Award-nominee Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable,” “Erin Brockovich”) executive produces alongside Larson. Sarah Adina Smith (“Hanna,” “Looking for Alaska”) serves as director and executive producer of the first two episodes. Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan (“Ozark,” “A Teacher”) executive produce for Aggregate Films. Natalie Sandy executive produces through Piece of Work Entertainment alongside Eisenberg. Louise Shore also serves as executive producer.
Celebrate the women behind and in front of the camera and stream Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_LessonsInChemistry
Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.
Starring alongside Larson are Lewis Pullman (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Outer Range”), NAACP Image Award-winner Aja Naomi King (“How to Get Away with Murder,” “The Birth of a Nation”), Stephanie Koenig (“The Flight Attendant,” “The Offer”), Kevin Sussman (The Big Bang Theory,” “The Dropout”), Patrick Walker (“Gaslit,” “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey”), and Thomas Mann (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”).
Lessons in Chemistry is produced for Apple TV+ by Apple Studios. Seven-time Emmy Award-nominee Lee Eisenberg (“WeCrashed,” “Little America”) serves as showrunner. Academy Award-nominee Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable,” “Erin Brockovich”) executive produces alongside Larson. Sarah Adina Smith (“Hanna,” “Looking for Alaska”) serves as director and executive producer of the first two episodes. Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan (“Ozark,” “A Teacher”) executive produce for Aggregate Films. Natalie Sandy executive produces through Piece of Work Entertainment alongside Eisenberg. Louise Shore also serves as executive producer.
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00:00 It was very important to us that you were seeing
00:02 various representations of what it is to be a woman.
00:04 In "Blessed in Chemistry,"
00:06 there's so many examples on screen,
00:07 but then you also have it behind the camera as well.
00:10 - Rolling.
00:13 - Cut.
00:14 - And action.
00:17 - It's been so incredible to walk onto these sets
00:19 where I have seen so many women and producers and directors
00:23 to have that understanding and to move forward together
00:26 in this very daring way, exposing our truths.
00:29 It's intensely wonderful.
00:32 - It's nice to have anyone tell this story,
00:35 but it brings a little bit more when it's someone
00:37 who may have experienced similar things in their own career.
00:40 - Sweetheart, I could use another cup of joe
00:41 when you're done with that.
00:42 - Most women on production can understand
00:44 trying to claw their way into getting taken seriously.
00:47 So to have our directors who are all women
00:49 commanding a set, it was really cool to see.
00:52 - You're gonna be right here to go boom.
00:53 I'm a black female director in a very male-oriented industry
00:57 so I understood that battle of saying,
01:00 this is what I wanna do, this is what I love,
01:02 why can't I do it?
01:03 Why is it different for me?
01:04 - We have rules, Mrs. Ott.
01:07 Who do you think you are?
01:08 - A woman.
01:09 When I started, there were very few women around me.
01:13 You just kind of realize early on that in order to get there
01:16 you really have to be fierce, but at the same time,
01:19 be more gentle because if you're not gentle as a woman,
01:22 then you're considered a bitch.
01:23 - How would you describe the host?
01:25 - Stuck up, unpleasant, didn't smile once.
01:30 - There's a beauty to Elizabeth's thought
01:34 but also a grittiness to her and we all can relate to that.
01:37 - Are those pants?
01:38 Why is she wearing pants?
01:40 - Whether it's costumes or production design or props,
01:43 you're getting that experience in every layer of it.
01:46 - Knowing that it's like two or three women
01:48 or two or three people of color in each department,
01:50 it makes it easier.
01:52 - On this project, I really felt heard and trusted.
01:56 One way to go for her to pull and then maybe she cuts into.
01:58 - That's brilliant, Courtney.
02:00 - Yeah.
02:01 - If you are the most capable at doing something,
02:04 you should get the opportunity to do it
02:06 and excel at it, period.
02:08 - Why would anyone discriminate based on something
02:10 as intellectually non-determinative as gender?
02:12 - Calvin, how many female scientists can you name?
02:17 - Madame Curie?
02:18 - Exactly.
02:21 - If you're gonna do this,
02:22 this industry or actually any industry, take up space.
02:25 Take up space the best way you know how.
02:27 Don't diminish yourself or others.
02:28 - You have a platform.
02:30 What you say matters.
02:32 - The best piece of advice that I ever got
02:34 was from a fellow filmmaker who told me to just do you
02:37 and that changed my whole perspective as a director.
02:41 Let me just see how you would do it.
02:43 - Pour it in and then put it back on the flame,
02:45 tilting it slightly and then it should just go up in flames.
02:50 - Having women behind the camera,
02:52 it's just amazing to watch.
02:54 And then I know it's gonna empower some little girl.
02:57 - I didn't know that it was possible for me
02:59 to work in a camera department.
03:00 And so for me to see these women stand up and be like,
03:03 "Hey, I wanna bring the camera over here,"
03:05 or "Hey, I like this time of shot," is super inspiring.
03:08 - It's a really powerful feeling to know
03:10 that we're all here because we wanna bring excellence
03:13 to this because we know the story deserves it
03:15 and that we're capable of bringing it.
03:17 - At the end of our time here together,
03:19 we will have done something worth doing
03:21 and it will matter.
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