Film to equalize musician pay

Producers of the feminist-themed movie “Mona Lisa Smile” have agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the government on behalf of 19 female musicians who were paid less than their male counterparts.

Each of the female musicians will receive $3,500 from Revolution Studios and Smile Productions LLC, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said. The settlement is worth a total of $66,500.

In the 2003 movie, Julia Roberts plays a free-spirited art teacher who confronts repression at a women’s college in the 1950s.