GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? So I thats when I learned about the work of Geena in her institute and how important onscreen representation was. So I had been very unathletic as a kid. Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. In October, at a special ceremony, she'll receive an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. 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. Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. So I gathered all my articles and all the work that I had done, and I had even written the beginnings of a legal brief, and I brought it to the ACLU, where I met Melissa Goodman and Ariela Migdal. This Changes Everything 2015 Not Rated 1 h 29 m IMDb RATING 6.4 /10 614 YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:22 1 Video 16 Photos Documentary 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. 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: Well, I was astounded that it happened. 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 representation in media. When Dani Arnold broke Ueli Steck's speed record climbing the Eiger in 2011, it sparked a duel between them across the six great north faces of the Alps. And it seemed that, in the 21st century, this was a horrible message to be sending and very shocking. Polish They could say, what was I doing? Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. GROSS: If you're just joining us, my guests are both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in Hollywood. I think the big advantage was that people who make kids entertainment do it because they care about kids. A parallel issue to what we've been talking about - we've been talking about inclusion of women - parallel issue is the predatory behavior of certain men in Hollywood - directors, actors, heads of companies. And you try really hard to, like, throw him off of you. Oh, no, we can't. This Changes Everything Directed by: Tom Donahue Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films Im an optimist. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. 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. The epitome of WTF? We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. You say in almost 100 years, only one woman has won an academy award for best director. MARTIN: Really? Russian 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. We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? . Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. Now, with Director Donahue, shes taking her message to the masses with the film, This Changes Everything which they have been discussing with our Michel Martin. 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 . And you say in the film that you were watching something with your daughter. Were they getting work? Turkish Korean 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. But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. So its kind of working. MARTIN: And they just cant believe that it is what it is. Reese Witherspoon: The basis of your thinking is determined by the first images you see; whose values are important and whose stories are important, and that's what we're teaching little girls and little boys. So I think that's a big change that's happened. And then I saw it everywhere. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. As an asteroid hurtles towards Earth with nothing to stop it, one determined teacher fights to keep her former students safe no matter the cost. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Klein and those impassioned protesters provide something that has been in short supply in the predecessors And Kim and I are sitting there going like, well, respectfully, I dont think you know what youre talking about. And so obviously you only come when you're shooting, but I came every day at the beginning of the day (laughter) and grabbed my chair and put it next to Sydney and sat next to him all day, every day, making the movie. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. MARTIN: You make the connection in the film that its not just about, you know, the job, its the conditions at the job, that it is directly connected to these vicious examples of sexual harassment and abuse that women have experienced that have now come to the fore. . I always say go through the script and change it. I'm Terry Gross. And womens films do make more money and have, I think, over the last three years. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. This Changes Everything DOCUMENTARY Told first-hand by some of Hollywood's leading voices, This Changes Everything is a feature-length documentary that uncovers what is beneath what is one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry- the under-representation and misrepresentation of women. Portuguese MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. 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. 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). Theres no one they can complain to. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. JOIN NOW. A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. 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. For the rest of us, This Changes Everything will frustrate, enrage and maybe even inspire. The film brings Naomi Klein's radical, inspiring thesis to life through a connective thread of stories from people living and working on the front . Italian And she documents the inspiring movements that have already begun this process: communities that are not just refusing to be sites of further fossil fuel extraction but are building the next, regeneration-based economies right now. There's no question about it. I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. Maleeha Lodhi joins the program to explain tensions between Pakistan and India. Finnish 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.". (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. And I think the first thing to change will be on screen. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. 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. And I had gone to Paris to do the collections, and in the meantime, Sydney Pollack saw my audition tape and said, hey, I like her. It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic. 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. that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. We were made to feel very dispensable. Now they were saying, oh, I have to tell you what I thought about this movie, and this is how many times I saw it. At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. DAVIS: Well, thats what I was saying about earlier, it is a different time now that you actually can talk about these things and not suffer repercussions. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. Which really isn't very old. . Well, do they have any photos of her in a bathing suit? 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. What is the connection? So I had a lot of training. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? Bosnian Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. And very quickly, the coaches were saying, you know, you have a lot of untapped athletic ability. Unlike many works about the climate crisis, this is not a film that tries to scare the audience into action: it aims to empower. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. 47%. We'll be right back. And so I did. . Buy now. Thats the problem. GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. I never got another paying job. 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. Klein and Lewis paint a picture of a post-fossil-fueled, post-capitalist future that seems not only within reach, Tomatometer 18 Reviews. This Changes Everything. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. -Entertainment Weekly Audience Score 100+ Ratings. '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. Japanese Norwegian And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. So I decided I wanted to take up a sport in the real-life way and not the movie version. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. And I couldn't get the numbers on women in commercials, which is the most lucrative category of directing, but I spoke to some big executives in the commercial world who told me that the number was less than 1%. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is nothing funny here. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. 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. This Changes Everything. As the staggering statistics on gender parity continue to demonstrate, though, not much has changed. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. 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. I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. This documentary on climate change and its causes focuses largely on stories of human connection to the land, some who try to control the land, while others who see humans as temporary stewards of the land to pass to future generations. 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. And then the second thing were unions. JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. DAVIS: Well, no, no. And for me, it was no big deal to want to take the man until here and try to tell this story. You were working with Dustin Hoffman. DAVIS: Well, so my character - they told me from the beginning - was a former showgirl who, when she was getting too old to do that, went into management and was able to create a successful career for herself that way. DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. DAVIS: They do. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. DAVIS: Yes. 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. It was once there was a four in front of my age, and DAVIS: You know, I had heard about that for a long time, that people said that things change when you turn 40 or when you're in your 40s, but I didn't expect it to be literal. Progress will happen when men take a stand, an emphatic Meryl Streep says. Naomi Kleins fourth book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate was published in September 2014 and was an instant New York Times and international bestseller. Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue . We havent made significant progress, Klein argues, because weve been expecting solutions from the very same institutions that created the problem in the first place . In the course of this struggle, they help ignite a nationwide movement. We've been talking with actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese about the campaign for more representation of women behind and in front of the camera in movies and TV. (Laughter). I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. Profoundly, embarrassing few. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. And I think its because what I decided to do was I wanted the research so I could go directly to the creators and share it with them in a private and very friendly way because I knew they didnt know what they were doing. Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. . So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. YES Magazine Catalan 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. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. . MARTIN: But there are a number of women who are interviewed in this film whose careers have been damaged by speaking out. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. Still. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. . GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . I get to have opinions, I get to be smart. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. And I was like, you know, I was a huge fan of "GLOW" and very much wanted to do it. Not rated. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. Here it is. Chinese Complex MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. MARTIN: In fact, theres a clip for that. And that's what I set my mind to do. A big change that this changes everything documentary transcript a big change that 's the whole is... 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