GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? Im an optimist. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. Klein meticulously builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies, and rebuild our gutted local economies. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' Before the #MeToo movement began, director Tom Donahue began assembling a documentary about gender inequality in Hollywood. And my friend and I acted out your trip. So I never thought about it again. 47%. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? Absolutely not. And why does that matter? Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. Bosnian The film combines talking-head interviews with drill-down stats and the backstory on legal actions taken to force accountability from studio heads. GROSS: And I just think it's so interesting that we're having this conversation about women's empowerment and inclusion of women, and the first part of your career revolves around being in your underwear (laughter). DAVIS: Yes. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. DAVIS: Well, it did in a way. I - my daughter was a toddler, and I decided she was old enough to start watching preschool shows. GROSS: Geena Davis, let me bring you back into the conversation. Korean CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. So it was so horrifying to me that we would be doing this to kids that I decided I had to try to do something. The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. Lucky for everybody then that opening up such spaces is exactly what Klein does best., This is the best book about climate change in a very long timein large part because its about much more. JOIN NOW. She braids together the science, psychology, geopolitics, economics, ethics and activism that shape the climate question. DONAHUE: Well, because they even if its unconscious, theyre still embarrassed and I think their legal departments also said, dont go on the record about this. Also was named Observer Book of the Year and a New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of the Year and Margaret Atwood chose it for The Guardians Best Books of 2014 list. . You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. 56%. a scene from This Changes Everything, the documentary. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. And she demonstrates precisely why the market has notand cannotfix the climate crisis but will instead make things worse, with ever more extreme and ecologically damaging extraction methods, accompanied by rampant disaster capitalism. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. The feature documentary, This Changes Everything, narrated by Naomi and directed by Avi Lewis,premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Oscar Winning Director Alfonso Cuarn, and executive producers Seth Macfarlane, Shepard Fairey, and Danny Glover. Finnish [2] (Laughter). Dutch And I'm like, oh, my God, no. An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life. GROSS: And, you know, you're dressed in your underwear so it's even more, like, imposing and, for him, kind of embarrassing because he's a man who is finding it all very arousing, and he shouldn't be there because he's posing as a woman. Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. Bring me my tiny violin. Tom, do you want to add to that? You were working with Dustin Hoffman. All but one of the women were interviewed for this film, and Donahue takes his time to carefully lay out the details and takeaways of their efforts (which led the D.G.A. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Naomi Klein's narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. And you say in the film that you were watching something with your daughter. And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. Bosnian Can we pull off these changes in time? She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. Chinese Complex Im sure they knew that they were making fewer films with a female lead but they didnt they werent aware that the population of the films were profoundly imbalanced, even the extras. But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? Downloads only available on ad-free plans. I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." And, you know, being harassed and all kinds of things going on, being not listened to, talked down to, all that stuff. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? And then Susan Sarandon comes out. Theyll just get somebody else. So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? And very quickly, the coaches were saying, you know, you have a lot of untapped athletic ability. And in May 2015, The New York Times published the ACLU's 15-page letter to the EEOC and to other government agencies, calling for an industry-wide federal investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. But I loved it. And that's what I set my mind to do. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. In fact, all around the world, the fight for the next economy and against reckless extraction is already succeeding in ways both surprising and inspiring. No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. . It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. And then the second thing were unions. Oh, no, we can't. Klein argues that the changes to our relationship with nature and one another that are required to respond to the climate crisis humanely should not be viewed as grim penance, but rather as a kind of gifta catalyst to transform broken economic and cultural priorities and to heal long-festering historical wounds. We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is nothing funny here. Although a large part of this documentary focuses on the fact that female directors do not get work and have trouble getting hired, and the director of this film. So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. So I decided I wanted to take up a sport in the real-life way and not the movie version. 'This Changes Everything' Review: Compelling Documentary Tackles Hollywood Gender Inequality Head-On By Pete Hammond July 18, 2019 4:17pm At one point in the powerful and fascinating new. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. I'm wondering what impact you think that might be having on the inclusion issue because we've seen how some men in Hollywood have misused their power to assault or harass women. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. Theres no one they can complain to. - because it was a big hit. But the documentary "This Changes Everything" synthesizes all that data along with interviews from a truly mind-boggling array of A-listers both in front of and behind the camera to create a damning portrait of Hollywood's systematic sexism and discrimination. Italian GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic disparities on screen. This Changes Everything. Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. YES Magazine The two opposing viewpoints can be seen in two western society examples, the first concerning the Alberta oil sands, and the second fossil fuel energy production and transportation in what is traditional Montana farmland. This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? It takes a bit of time for the documentary to find its groove. See production, box office & company info, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch, Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres, Late Night with Seth Meyers: Milo Ventimiglia/Geena Davis/Ex Hex/Julian Dorio. Polish Told first-hand by some of Hollywoods leading voices behind and in front of the camera, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is the award-winning 2019 feature-length documentary that uncovers what is beneath one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women. Nobody was going into this thinking, oh, we're going to really make a statement with this, or this is going to be a powerful message for anybody. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. What have they each done? This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Transcript A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. . Tom Donahue's documentary 'This Changes Everything' examines efforts from within Hollywood to redress the gender imbalance and features a large roster of big-name interviewees, from Anita Hill. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When I called to say we were going to greenlight it, the male executive on the other end of the line literally hung up on me. GROSS: In "A League Of Their Own." Where's her bathing suit stuff? Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? Ms. Klein is aware of the intractability of the problems she describes, but she manages optimism nonetheless., Klein is a brave and passionate writer who always deserves to be heard, and this is a powerful and urgent book., If global warming is a worldwide wake-up call, were all pretty heavy sleepers . So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. This was my plan (laughter). Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldnt protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friends last wish: sweet revenge. Japanese They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about the campaign for more representation of women in front of and behind the camera in movies and TV. We were made to feel very dispensable. So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. GIESE: Yes, Title VII, which was written into law in 1964 by President Johnson. MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. You putting men in charge basically driving women and people of color out. It really started for me at the end of 2014 with the Sony hack and finding out about the disparity in pay between Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in American Hustle. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. Documentary. - three years and seven months going. Its not going to benefit you. DAVIS: Well, no, no. Michel Martin sits down with Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis and director Tom Donahue to discuss their new film "This Changes Everything," which tackles the need for more female . This Changes Everything takes an incisive look into the male-dominated film industry to examine those forces - both conscious and unconscious - that continue to foster the systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women. GROSS: Geena Davis is featured in and is an executive producer of the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about the campaign for better representation of women in front of and behind the camera in movies and TV. Bulgarian GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. DAVIS: Right. Originally, it was about workplace discrimination in Hollywood but I thought to myself, who is going to want to see this movie outside of the people in Hollywood. (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. And for a very brief time, the nature of that change is still up to us. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. . Female. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. So I sat down with her, and the very first show I turned on and watched with her, I pretty much immediately noticed something, and I thought, wait a minute - how many female characters are in this show? A look at seven communities around the world with the proposition that we can seize the crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. The realization that a solution is possible, well, that changes everything French By Joel Horwood. -Entertainment Weekly You were attached to other projects. GROSS: And so it's a kind of - I think at the time, people were comparing it to Butch Cassidy. But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. And that was an extraordinary triumph. And I was kind of good at all of it. Once it finally begins to focus on the mission, however, This Changes Everything not only becomes engrossing but reveals itself as a crucial cri de coeur. I'm sure it made a lot of money. With - the other thing that I loved about it was that it's measured by points. Overview. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . But it was television that showed me there it was another way, and it was a show called MASH. And, you know, the growing movement against Keystone XL, but, frankly, all of the tar sands pipelines, is really starting to resonate right there in the electoral cycle. Chinese Complex Catalan Thelma & Louise was supposed to have done it. Director Avi Lewis Writer OK. Let me just play a clip from him in the film. I thought, this is incredibly unfair, and I don't want other people deciding that I have to work less, you know, and taking away opportunities. It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. But you could, by answering its call to action. Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf (PDFy mirror) Publication date 2014-01-01 Topics mirror, pdf.yt Collection pdfymirrors; additional_collections Language English This public document was automatically mirrored from PDFy. . Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Kleins narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Its not about carbonits about capitalism. MARTIN: And they just cant believe that it is what it is. that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. The first film you directed was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? And I was like, you know, I was a huge fan of "GLOW" and very much wanted to do it. Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. Channeling the hurried nature of a TV docuseries edited to cover an extremely broad topic in a limited amount of time, the first act layers a lot of too-brief sound bites albeit from an impressive array of influential women, including Reese Witherspoon and Shonda Rhimes over movie clips emphasizing the prevalence of machismo and misogyny (The Godfather, for example) to almost dizzying effect. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. And so I did. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. Change or be changed, but make no mistake, this changes everything.. So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? She's in Paris. Profoundly, embarrassing few. I showed her, you know, G-rated videos and little kids movies and TV shows - and, you know, obviously, there's some exceptions to that. This Changes Everything. I was a feminist since I was 10-years-old because I came from a very right-wing family. In the lawless land of Gando, fierce bandits will stop at nothing to fight for their precious homeland and loved ones even if it means life or death. JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. I mean you know. CHLOE GRACE MORETZ: When I was 15, I did Carrie. That movie was directed by Kim Pierce who was my first female director but it was a massively male crew. So I think that's a big change that's happened. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to get the actual data comparing the number and types of male and female roles and to use that data to convince the industry of the need for change. Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . DAVIS: Oh, I don't know which one you mean. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. And that's when you really are tested with your mental abilities because once you have a really good shot, your job is to recreate it exactly and - every time. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. . GROSS: Yeah. This is the 21st century. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. GIESE: You know, I did a lot of script writing and doctoring and - but no, no primetime TV shows, even though I observed for hundreds of hours on major TV shows like Dick Wolf's "Law & Order.". It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. I decided that I would try becoming a model first because, at that time, Christie Brinkley and Lauren Hutton were being offered parts in movies. Greek I get to be a doctor. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Romanian Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. DONAHUE: Sure. Can you talk about that? SANDRA OH: Shonda was able to make half of her cast not white. Yeah. Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is not a production company or talent agency.The organization does not solicit or accept autograph requests, manuscripts, project ideas, or other similar materials.If any such information is sent to us, we will return the material unread. You had a small role. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. And then on screen really is impactful, because as much as it can create a negative impact, it has the power to create incredibly positive changes like were talking in the movie about the CSI effect where there were so many shows so many female forensic scientists on T.V. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? Original filename: Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf URL: https://pdf.yt/d/Skb-ch_k7psDm90Q There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? And it hasnt changed in all that time. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. DAVIS: Well, I was astounded that it happened. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? And I was so shocked when my coach said after just a few months, well, now you've got to start competing. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. And I think the first thing to change will be on screen. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. Now, this changes everything. And I'd be like, which part exactly? Was it a centering thing for you - focus? This Changes Everything 2018, Documentary, 1h 37m 88% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 100% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings Where to watch Rent/buy Subscription Rent/buy Rent/buy Want to. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Slovene The Film thischangeseverything.org Press Kit Aug. 05 2015 5 About the book The feature documentary was inspired by award-winning author Naomi Klein's critically acclaimed worldwide bestselling non-fiction book This Changes Everything. But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. Can we play that? LANDGRAF: And Im here to say its there. Things were looking good for you after film school. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. Still. 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