A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. I wasnt thinking, this is so unfair. 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. And then I saw it everywhere. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. Determined to provide a ray of light for those under her care, a young nurse navigates the world of mental health and the diverse stories surrounding it. Director Tom Donahue Stars Reese Witherspoon Mira Nair But it didnt take her long to realize that she was the exception and not the rule. DONAHUE: They cant really complain to their agent or their manager because theyre just going to tell them just go with it, just be quiet. German I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." Catalan And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. 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. But we were stunned at the reaction that was instant - cover of Time magazine and all that stuff. I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. She's in Paris. And I think thats but also part of it is that my peers and I felt like you cannot complain about any of this because they wont hire you. And everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. 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 . So I knew that we could invoke that law to be able to change things in a very significant way. Portuguese And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. 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 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. French LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. I mean dont you just want to throw your shoes at the screen? GROSS: Yeah. Copy may not be in its final form. There's no question about it. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). So theres something really deep and systemic going on. 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. 47%. Unions did not allow women because putting women in the unions meant lower pay and lower prestige. MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. Well, get her back. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. And I was like, you know, I was a huge fan of "GLOW" and very much wanted to do it. 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. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. JOIN NOW. . to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). This Changes Everything. This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. And I'd like to see if I could do that. And I was kind of good at all of it. namely, a modicum of hope for the future What is the connection? DAVIS: Well, no, no. 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. He's got you pinned against a car. But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. Its not about carbonits about capitalism. I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. 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. 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. . DONAHUE: Well, two things. And it's a buddy movie. DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. So I began to think, you know, this is maybe not just about me, and even if my own career is just about me, that doesn't answer for all the incredible, talented women everywhere that are not able to contribute their voices to our entertainment media storytelling. What happened after that? Theyll just get somebody else. 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. 1 hr 30 min. Its not a spoiler to say that the documentary concludes with a call to action aimed squarely at (predominantly male) studio heads, pointing to the recent commitment to inclusive hiring by John Landgraf, the chief executive of the FX Networks, as an example of what real action can look like. DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. 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. And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. Thats the problem. DAVIS: Absolutely, which is fantastic. 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. . GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? You know, God forbid you complain about your salary not being equal or being harassed or mistreated or discriminated against because they'll just get somebody else, you know? Chinese Simple What were you looking for and what did you come away with? NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. It's really fun and incredibly challenging. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear 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. When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? DAVIS: Not at all. You can pick up a lot on a set. And then I was watching the Olympics in Atlanta on TV and saw the archery competing, and I thought, wow, that is so beautiful and dramatic. About the author. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. Progress will happen when men take a stand, an emphatic Meryl Streep says. I get to be a doctor. 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. Watch all you want. Recorded by CBC Ideasafter the historic December 2015 Paris Climate meeting, in this lecture, Naomi analyzed the failures of that Agreement and discussed ways to move forward from it. All rights reserved. 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. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put 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. Globe & Mail 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 . To have these conversations with men, youre saying like, well, I dont think you should depict it that way and I think you should depict it this way. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. 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. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. 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. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. DONAHUE: There hasnt been a lot of change. 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. 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. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic 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. JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . I very much expected that that would not be the case. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. Thelma & Louise was supposed to have done it. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. So I decided I wanted to take up a sport in the real-life way and not the movie version. You had a small role. MARIA GIESE: My first feature film directing job out of graduate film school was in England, not in the United States. They could say, what was I doing? Can we play that? Finnish Oh, no, we can't. GROSS: Geena Davis, let me bring you back into the conversation. After we take a short break, we'll hear from photographer Bruce Talamon, whose photos of soul, funk and R&B stars of the '70s and early '80s are collected in a book. And, you know, being harassed and all kinds of things going on, being not listened to, talked down to, all that stuff. The result is the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring. I'm Terry Gross. Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. Can you talk about that? MARTIN: So the title of the film, we start with that, This Changes Everything. This is something that you say in the film. And for me, it was no big deal to want to take the man until here and try to tell this story. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. It takes a bit of time for the documentary to find its groove. Spanish Accuracy and availability may vary. Turkish Copyright 2019 NPR. 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. That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. Forget everything you think you know about global warming. So I started making this movie. Romanian 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? 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 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. DONAHUE: But also, Reese Witherspoon says in the film that sometimes she would go on set and it would be 115 men and she would be the only woman. So I think that's a big change that's happened. And I'd be like, which part exactly? Lithuanian And, of course, it's all a joke. Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. Script extract. And we started to have meetings with them. Here it is. But thats what we were worried about. Greek Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. Slovene Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' Before the #MeToo movement began, director Tom Donahue began assembling a documentary about gender inequality in Hollywood. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. Oh, we forgot. Yeah. 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. GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. 56%. DAVIS: Oh, I don't know which one you mean. 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. Dutch The economic drivers of the carbon society are highlighted by the economic crisis in Greece in the early 2000s, where some saw the only solution to get out of the crisis being to sell off the land to the highest bidder, those highest bidders often being resource extraction companies. OK. Let me just play a clip from him in the film. Watch all you want. I mean you know. Buy now. We'll be right back. And then Susan Sarandon comes out. Nothing except that climate change changes everything. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . He refuses. I could do that too. And it was fantastic. 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 . MARTIN: And they just cant believe that it is what it is. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. And you say in the film that you were watching something with your daughter. 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. Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. 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. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. [Klein] writes of a decisive battle for the fate of the earth in which we either take back control of the planet from the capitalists who are destroying it or watch it all burn.. 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. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. 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. ELLEN POMPEO: All the parts that I had been auditioning for were the girlfriend or the wife, so I did notice immediately that, oh, I get to be the lead role. I haven't really ever had to describe what it's about. 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. Her work led to an ongoing EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors, as well as an ACLU campaign against discrimination. And I started to do research. This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. And your role is as the entertainment director of a casino. . 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. For the rest of us, This Changes Everything will frustrate, enrage and maybe even inspire. And Im like, yay, I cant wait. Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. Klein and Lewis paint a picture of a post-fossil-fueled, post-capitalist future that seems not only within reach, Anyone can read what you share. They founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee in 1979. It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. And it hasnt changed in all that time. DAVIS: Well, it did in a way. What have they each done? Japanese 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. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. Portuguese But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. But you could, by answering its call to action. But that was my plan. - three years and seven months going. At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. Lithuanian And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. Will this film change everything? Youll get much less salary because you guys dont really matter and well replace you if you have any complaints. KIMBERLY PIERCE, DIRECTOR, CARRIE: I was being talked to and treated and questioned constantly and indifferently. Transcript A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. 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. Most fascinating is an examination of the six women who in 1979 founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee, which sought to investigate the hiring practices of studios. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. TAX ID# 86-1943473, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, PO Box 9615, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. (Laughter). And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. 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. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. This Changes Everything | A book, film and engagement project about why the climate crisis is the best opportunity we've ever had to build a better world. Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. . Theres no one they can complain to. From left, Joelle Dobrow, Nell Cox, Susan Nimoy, Dolores Ferraro, Lynne Littman and Victoria Hochberg in 1980. It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. So it was all very shocking and great because what it really - well, first of all, I'll tell you how it affected me. And I think the first thing to change will be on screen. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. This Changes Everything, which launches July 22 in theaters across America, is a new documentary (ironically, by a man) that traces the trailblazing women in the business, like Shonda Rhimes, Cate Blanchett, and Natalie Portman, as well as Meryl Streep, Jessica Chastain, Reese Witherspoon, Taraji P. Henson and Rose McGowan to help unpack . MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. By what name was This Changes Everything (2018) officially released in India in English? Geena Davis and Tom Donahue sit down with Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their new film This Changes Everything, which tackles the need for more female representation in media. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . Profoundly, embarrassing few. - because it was a big hit. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue 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. Author interview. DONAHUE: Hopefully not. She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. ("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. GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? GROSS: What did you like about archery? I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. No one movie can persuade an industry to suddenly reverse decades of discrimination and redistribute power to include the less powerful. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. 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. GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. So I had been very unathletic as a kid. 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. [1] An examination of sexism in the Hollywood film industry, the film interviews a variety of actresses and women filmmakers on their experiences in the industry. 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. that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. What happened was when I was in Thelma & Louise, after Thelma & Louise came out, a lot of the press was talking about, this is going to change everything. Why hasnt it changed before now? And - but nobody, and least of all him, nobody ever said, you realize you don't have to come every day? Bring me my tiny violin. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. Kumi Naidoo,Former Director at Greenpeace International, Genuinely moving It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? . Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldnt protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friends last wish: sweet revenge. . I knew I wanted to be in movies, as opposed to theater. The epitome of WTF? And that's what I set my mind to do. GROSS: So you and your friend, played by Susan Sarandon - they go on a trip together, have a lot of drinks in a bar, guy comes up to you, asked to dance with you. You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. . So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. Geena, I want to start with you. 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. That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. 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. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." 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. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . DAVIS: Well, I was astounded that it happened. MARTIN: You know one of the things that really fascinated me about the film is that you point out it wasnt always this way. The EEOC functions in total confidentiality. . Presenting portraits of communities on the front lines, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. 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