Yeah. But were not hearing womens voices or seeing the stories told through the female gaze when there are so few female directors. Nobody complained about anything because you felt that it would damage your career. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. 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. The result is the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring. GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. They founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee in 1979. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. GIESE: Yes, Title VII, which was written into law in 1964 by President Johnson. And I had spent so much time in a field where you're measured by people's judgment, you know, where, you know, you're approved of by others' opinions rather than factual merit. As the actress and activist Geena Davis puts it in This Changes Everything, a new documentary about Hollywoods pervasive gender inequalities, each of those highly successful films with female leads (and in some cases, female filmmakers) had been expected to expand the opportunities for women, or so the media narrative went with each release. 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. So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out for being a woman. I could do that too. 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. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. Variety: Geena Davis Talks This Changes Everything Doc and Conscious Gender Bias in Behind-the-Scenes Hiring, Good Deed Entertainment: This Changes Everything (2019) Exclusive Interview with Geena Davis & Director Tom Donahue, PBS SoCal: Interview with Geena Davis and Tom Donahue on This Changes Everything, Deadline: This Changes Everything Review: Compelling Documentary Tackles Hollywood Gender Inequality Head-On, The New York Times: This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action. And two and a half years later, I was a semifinalist for the Olympic trials. 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. So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? Which is why none of them appeared in this film? And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Kleins international non-fiction bestsellerThis Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montanas Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Heart and mind go hand in hand in this magisterial response to a present crisis., We lack the collective spaces in which to confront the raw terror of ecocide, is how Klein encapsulates the problem. ("This Changes Everything" features interviews with Callie Khouri, Kimberly Peirce, Sharon Stone, Amber Tamblyn, Rose McGowen, Amandla Stenberg, Chloe Grace Moretz, Taraji P. Henson, Natalie. Romanian And this is in every sector of society, its the same story. We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. You were signed to a big agency. I get to be a doctor. So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And so I learned at 36 that I actually was coordinated. MARTIN: But there are a number of women who are interviewed in this film whose careers have been damaged by speaking out. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." Bulgarian He refuses. DONAHUE: Yes. And I started to do research. But that was my plan. And I was counting on my hands as I held her in my lap, and it was horrifying, and I was absolutely stunned. This is the 21st century. 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). Youll get much less salary because you guys dont really matter and well replace you if you have any complaints. And, of course, it's all a joke. 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. Jyothi, a matriarch in Andhra Pradesh, India who sings sweetly and battles fiercely along with her fellow villagers, fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant that will destroy a life-giving wetland. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. What happened after that? GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. Like why do I care? And there's a scene where you come out in - why don't you describe the costume. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? Well, do they have any photos of her in a bathing suit? But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. So its kind of working. Anyone can read what you share. It's really fun and incredibly challenging. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." But thats what we were worried about. The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. 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. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. 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. A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. 2019 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. But this struck me very deeply that we're training kids from the beginning, from minute one of absorbing popular culture, that women and girls are not as important as men and boys, and they're not as valuable to our society as men and boys. And so I did. Theyll just get somebody else. All rights reserved. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. And I thought, OK, well, I'll just become a model, and then they'll just offer me parts because obviously it's so much easier to become a supermodel (laughter). GROSS: Yeah. The books exploration of climate change from the perspective of how capitalism functions produces fresh insights and its examination of the interconnectedness between our relationship with nature and the creation of better, fairer societies presents a radical proposal. Progress will happen when men take a stand, an emphatic Meryl Streep says. Emerging economies in the developing world have tried to follow the western model for economic prosperity, with arguably the most marked example of the negative consequences being in China where many cities are continually shrouded in smog, some children in those cities who have never seen a blue sky. . Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. I haven't really ever had to describe what it's about. The documentary This Changes Everything gives audiences a look at how the tropes of "the girlfriend," the "useless chick," and the beauty who needs to "be saved" are still alive and well. Presenting portraits of communities on the front lines, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. So theres something really deep and systemic going on. And when we looked at - when we first looked at TV shows, kids - the ratio of male to female characters on kids programs, specifically made for them, had the worst ratio of male to female characters. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). And he just does it. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. You were attached to other projects. Kumi Naidoo,Former Director at Greenpeace International, Genuinely moving DONAHUE: Hopefully not. Swedish You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. They respond by organizing against fossil fuel extraction in their beloved Powder River Basin, and forming a new alliance with the Northern Cheyenne tribe to bring solar power to the nearby reservation. And they didn't ask - after I read the part, they didn't ask to see my bathing suit. And I think most people and certainly I did assume that kids entertainments are harmless, that they're - they might even be good for kids. DAVIS: Well, I was astounded that it happened. For more details, visit the official This Changes Everything website, where youll find more Press information and Endnotes. 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. 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. MARTIN: So you can see it with kids entertainment? They could say, what was I doing? Director Tom Donahue Stars Reese Witherspoon Mira Nair Copyright 2019 NPR. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. And - but nobody, and least of all him, nobody ever said, you realize you don't have to come every day? GROSS: So did being a model for Victoria's Secret lead to having this part where you're in your underwear in the dressing room? . A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. 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. Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. After a break, I'll talk more with Geena Davis about her movie career, and Bruce Talamon will talk about taking photos of soul, funk and R&B stars of the '70s. DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. GROSS: And so it's a kind of - I think at the time, people were comparing it to Butch Cassidy. Korean Documentary. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. 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. And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. GROSS: Maria Giese, let me move on to you. Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years,This Changes Everythingis an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher 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. What have they each done? What are we doing? GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. Thats the problem. Well, get her back. So do you have any idea where things stand? I was a feminist since I was 10-years-old because I came from a very right-wing family. In the course of this struggle, they help ignite a nationwide movement. A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . . The coming of sound meant they needed big capital investment. Lithuanian Tomatometer 18 Reviews. Why hasnt it changed before now? By Joel Horwood. 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. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. 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. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic 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. Catalan 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? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. MARTIN: Really? So you started your career as a model. Russian to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). So they were driven out of the unions. DAVIS: Well, no, no. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. But I said, at some point, you got to get me into a showgirl costume because it's kind of a fantasy of mine to wear one of those things, you know, with a giant headdress and all that. In this part of the interview, I'm going to talk more with Davis about her own movie career. And Im like, yay, I cant wait. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. DONAHUE: Well, two things. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? . I'm talking about family-rated films. So I started making this movie. . 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. Melachrini, a housewife in Northern Greece where economic crisis is being used to justify mining and drilling projects that threaten the mountains, seas, and tourism economy. 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. '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. . 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. . GROSS: Geena Davis, Maria Giese, thank you both so much for talking with us. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. but like a place where we actually want to live Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? She braids together the science, psychology, geopolitics, economics, ethics and activism that shape the climate question. Profoundly, embarrassing few. GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. Its not going to benefit you. DAVIS: Yes. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. Prior to the worldwide publication of This Changes Everything, Naomi filmed a one and a half minute book trailer that highlighted the main themes of the book. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. You can pick up a lot on a set. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . On TV, you have women like Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, who's also in movies, and Reese Witherspoon not only doing shows that have women in them but also - certainly with Ava DuVernay, she makes a point of hiring women directors and often women directors of color for her series "Queen Sugar." Bosnian Original filename: Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf URL: https://pdf.yt/d/Skb-ch_k7psDm90Q 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 . Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. It sets the most important crisis in human history in the context of our other ongoing traumas, reminding us just how much the powers-that-be depend on the power of coal, gas and oil. So I never tried anything. Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman And I went, and they said, wear a bathing suit under your clothes because if you do well at the reading, they'll ask to see you in your bathing suit. Slovene She is an executive producer of and is featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. GROSS: There's Dustin Hoffman, who plays this man who can't get roles, finally auditions for a role posing as a woman in a soap opera. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. 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