Movies Matter

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This week end, tens of millions of people in the united states and around the world will leave their homes. They'll sit down next to someone they don't know, or maybe some one they do,. And the lights will go down, and theyl watch am movi. Millions will feel awe or fear. Millions will laugh, and millions will cry. Then the lights will come back on, and they'll re emerge into the world they knew several hours prior. Movie, going is, in many ways, a sacred ritual, repeated after week after week.

Do you think Hollywood needs to change? How about your own industry? It’s difficult to get decision makers to step outside of the tried and true and attempt something new. Franklin Leonard is Founder and CEO of The Black List-- a company that elevates great screenplays and the writers who create them. In this episode, he discusses how he shifted the way Hollywood works and how anyone can catalyze change if they start by questioning whether the conventional wisdom is all convention and no wisdom. More than 400 scripts from the annual Black List survey have been produced as feature films, earning 250 Academy Award nominations and 50 wins, including four of the last ten Best Pictures and ten of the last twenty-two screenwriting Oscars. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman