The San Francisco Film Society is sponsoring Isabella Chan's documentary "The Big Flip" which explores families where the wife is the primary breadwinner. The letter endorses the project, confirms it meets their standards, and urges support for the project. It will administer any funds received and donations are tax deductible. The documentary aims to understand how women and men can thrive and maintain happiness and enduring love as gender roles shift in society and families.
4. July 23, 2013
To Whom It May Concern:
The San Francisco Film Society is the proud sponsor of The Big Flip by Isabella
Chan. We require that a director demonstrate high professional standards through
previous work and propose a project that promises to be an imaginative contribution
to the media arts field. In addition, the prospective project must be feasible within
the budget outlined. Isabella Chan’s The Big Flip meets all of these requirements.
The San Francisco Film Society will administer any funds received in support of
this project. Donations to the San Francisco Film Society are tax deductible to the
full extent allowed by law.
Should you have any questions about The Big Flip please do not hesitate to call or
write.
We proudly endorse this project and urge you to support it.
Sponsored by
the SF Film
Society in
their Project
Development
program
7. NEW ECONOMICS OF MARRIAGE:
RISE OF WIVES
01.19.10
Wives who make more money than their husbands:
1970
4%
2010
22%
8. RICH MOM, POOR DAD:
WOMEN BECOME BREADWINNERS
03.20.12
Nearly 40% of U.S. working wives now out-earn
their husbands, and... they'll soon make up a
majority.
12. Bachelor degrees going to women 60%
Master’s degrees going to women 60%
Law school students who are female 52%
Med school students who are female 47%
National Center for Education Statistics, 2008 & 2010
19. “...although women as a group have
made substantial gains in wages,
educational attainment, and
prestige over the past three
decades, [research has] shown that
WOMEN ARE
LESS HAPPY TODAY
than their predecessors were in
1972, both in absolute terms and
relative to men.”
21. Husbands whose wives make more money
are 61% LESS HAPPY.
The National Marriage Project, University of Virginia, 2010
22. WIVES who are primary breadwinners
are significantly LESS HAPPY
about family life than other women.
The Impact of Relative Earnings Among Dual-Earner Couples on
Career Satisfaction and Family Satisfaction, Cornell University, 2009
23. Men are
5 TIMESMORE LIKELY TO CHEAT
when they’re completely dependent
on their wives’ incomes.
American Sociological Association, 2010
24. DIVORCE IS
40% MORE LIKELY
when a woman makes over 60% of the
family’s income.
Journal of Family Issues, Western Washington University, 2010
29. OUR QUEST
Understand what it takes for women and men to thrive,
for love and happiness to endure in the Big Flip.
30. OUR ULTERIOR MOTIVE
Inspire businesses to
1. Develop new products & services
2. Design new business environments and employee programs
that will help Big Flip families thrive