Gatekeeping is everywhere, but it’s especially prominent in the arts. There’s a reason why the nepo-baby discourse is so strong when it comes to the entertainment industry, after all, but another way this blight can take shape is in the guest list for events like CinemaCon.
Although CinemaCon has only been running since 2011, it has fast become the gathering for the motion picture theater industry. That doesn’t just mean studios and actors, but people and organizations most of us don’t consider when we think about making movies, like camera manufacturers, food and beverage producers, and audio equipment makers.
