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. 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. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. Portuguese We have been told its impossible to get off fossil fuels when in fact we know exactly how to do itit just requires breaking every rule in the free-market playbook: reining in corporate power, rebuilding local economies, and reclaiming our democracies. 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. . Look at what FX did. I knew I wanted to be in movies, as opposed to theater. 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. This Changes Everything is a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core free market ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. He refuses. MARTIN: Really? I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. We have been told the market will save us, when in fact the addiction to profit and growth is digging us in deeper every day. And they got really excited. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Kleins narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. They founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee in 1979. '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. 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. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. Things were looking good for you after film school. TAX ID# 86-1943473, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, PO Box 9615, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701. So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? And then after about a year and a half, they told me they were going to pursue it. You know, what we tend to do when we don't succeed is to blame ourselves, and women were so siloed off in this industry we really didn't have any means of communication. 56%. JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. 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. But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. There's no question about it. 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. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. MARTIN: Did you think it was as bad as it is? This Changes Everything 2018 TV-PG 1 h 36 m IMDb RATING 7.7 /10 1.8K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 1:59 4 Videos 19 Photos Documentary An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. Will this film change everything? You used to make a movie a year. Theres no one they can complain to. 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? LA Times. Well, it meant a little ironically. So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. This Changes Everything. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . So do you have any idea where things stand? 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. 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. We were made to feel very dispensable. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. 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. With - the other thing that I loved about it was that it's measured by points. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. Klein and those impassioned protesters provide something that has been in short supply in the predecessors Lithuanian Chinese Simple You putting men in charge basically driving women and people of color out. And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. . This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. 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). Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue And so I did. And she's been dedicated to equality for women, more roles for women in Hollywood. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. They could say, what was I doing? So I had been very unathletic as a kid. Can you talk about that? All rights reserved. to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). Nothing except that climate change changes everything. And they didn't ask - after I read the part, they didn't ask to see my bathing suit. . And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. Croatian UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. But I loved it. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. She exposes the ideological desperation of the climate-change deniers, the messianic delusions of the would-be geoengineers, and the tragic defeatism of too many mainstream green initiatives. 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. Buy now. Unlike many works about the climate crisis, this is not a film that tries to scare the audience into action: it aims to empower. Romanian In October, at a special ceremony, she'll receive an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Feud is so, so good. MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. - three years and seven months going. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. GROSS: Maria Giese, let me move on to you. In 2012, my archery coach noticed that when both Brave and The Hunger Games came out, suddenly the percentage of girls taking up archery shot up 105 percent, higher than adult men. And then for a couple of movies after that, I had to learn other physical skills like horseback riding and taekwondo and fencing and ice skating and a lot of stuff. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." Absolutely not. Chinese Simple I mean you know. So I knew that we could invoke that law to be able to change things in a very significant way. Dutch This Changes Everything. A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. -Alice Walker, author and activist, Purposely unsettling Ultimately encouraging And that action alone sent the numbers skyrocketing from 0.5% to 16% in just 10 years from 1985 to 1995. I went down to the downtown LA courthouse, and I found that six very courageous women in the Directors Guild in 1979 had got the DGA, our union, to file a class action lawsuit against several major studios. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. Provocative, compelling, and accessible to even the most climate-fatigued viewers,This Changes Everythingwill leave you refreshed and inspired, reflecting on the ties between us, the kind of lives we really want, and why the climate crisis is at the centre of it all. 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 ("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. DONAHUE: Well, two things. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. DAVIS: Well, you know, we found that for every two speaking male characters, there's one female speaking character, and that there's an appalling amount of hypersexualization of female characters, even in G-rated movies, and the female characters are very often narrowly stereotyped, hypersexualized or not really integral to the plot. We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. Which is why none of them appeared in this film? It often seems that these worlds are completely . It will be on air. Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. but like a place where we actually want to live GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. This is the 21st century. GROSS: Geena Davis, Maria Giese, thank you both so much for talking with us. So I never thought about it again. And it's a buddy movie. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. Anyone can read what you share. GROSS: And you even competed to be on the Olympic archery team. Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. 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. This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. . Director Tom Donahue Stars Reese Witherspoon Mira Nair She's in Paris. TV-PG. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/movies/this-changes-everything-review.html. We'll be right back. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. . And that in turn should give us hope, because it means the fight for a just world is the same as the fight for a livable one., This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate is a book of such ambition and consequence that it is almost unreviewable . So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? For more details, visit the official This Changes Everything website, where youll find more Press information and Endnotes. You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. And so that was really fun. But what I did, also as Geena, was start looking at the numbers, and I started to notice that only 4% of studio features were directed by women, and only 13% of episodic TV shows were directed by women. 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. AMANPOUR: Yes. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. Be the first to contribute. DONAHUE: There hasnt been a lot of change. DAVIS: They do. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. 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. A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. And it seemed that, in the 21st century, this was a horrible message to be sending and very shocking. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). 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. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. 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. She's interesting. I felt its my duty as a feminist, male or otherwise. Turkish You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? 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. I was a feminist since I was 10-years-old because I came from a very right-wing family. So let me just play that clip. And for me, it was no big deal to want to take the man until here and try to tell this story. So they looked east to the banks to basically the patriarchal systems in the east and so they created the studio system in the west. Italian Here it is. . So I did. Female. Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. 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. GROSS: came into play here, too, because there's more of you for Dustin Hoffman to be fazed by when he walks in. . GROSS: And so it's a kind of - I think at the time, people were comparing it to Butch Cassidy. 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. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. 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 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.
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