Why advertising needs more voices | Margo Mars | TEDxAmsterdamWomen

Whose lens is it anyway?

Advertising stories shape our world way more than we might think. Margo is encouraging the public to demand transparency from the brands who are telling the stories that shape their world.

Representation is without doubt getting better in front of the camera, but diversity in major work remains astonishingly lacking behind it.

Big budget acclaimed directors are shaping the way we think and are being trusted with everything, from tampons to power-tools.

The system that maintains the status quo urgently needs to change. Only then can we ensure a positive story both in front of and behind the camera.

“We must create space for new narratives.”

Margo Mars is the founder of Lief, producing culture defining work. She shares her courage to push for more women and people of colour behind the camera, getting visibility and access for exceptional and uniquely diverse storytellers.
Margo Mars is the Dutch founder of Lief, a London based creative content studio, and one of the most respected and well-known producers across the UK. Mars has a proven track record for cultivating innovative and imaginative approaches to working, nurturing the careers of exceptional and uniquely diverse filmmakers. She is known to promote and celebrate inclusivity whilst creating new culture-defining work with underrepresented voices of filmmaking today. Her body of work has won numerous awards, including D&AD, British Arrows, Campaign, VMA and Tribeca X, as well as the Grand Prix at Cannes Lions. Her films have been funded by Tribeca Studios, The BFI Doc Society, The Guardian and Lush Film Fund. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx