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. Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. 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). GROSS: So what did you learn being on set? Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. And I was kind of good at all of it. JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . Greek -Entertainment Weekly Like why do I care? Youll get much less salary because you guys dont really matter and well replace you if you have any complaints. So, like, it seems like a lot of the change is happening from women like that who are creating the change themselves. . 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. 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. 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 . Catalan We'll be right back. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. 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. 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. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. 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. Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? 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. 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. Nothing is certain. 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. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . And my friend and I acted out your trip. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. So its kind of working. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. Geena, I want to start with you. Overview. Author interview. MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/movies/this-changes-everything-review.html. DONAHUE: Well, two things. GROSS: Geena Davis, Maria Giese, thank you both so much for talking with us. Even though Landgraf and several prominent men are interviewed, a title card notes that the studio heads the filmmakers reached out to declined to appear in the film. 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. Kumi Naidoo,Former Director at Greenpeace International, Genuinely moving This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. GROSS: came into play here, too, because there's more of you for Dustin Hoffman to be fazed by when he walks in. But we were stunned at the reaction that was instant - cover of Time magazine and all that stuff. So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. Some positive developments are shown in China and Germany specifically. This was my plan (laughter). We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. I'm sure it made a lot of money. So do you have any idea where things stand? DONAHUE: There hasnt been a lot of change. 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. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. 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. 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). Nothing except that climate change changes everything. Its always been that way. MARTIN: Really? NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Korean MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. German If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. And then the second thing were unions. Will this film change everything? In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. There's far fewer movies with a female lead character. Here it is. Finnish Downloads only available on ad-free plans. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. From left, Joelle Dobrow, Nell Cox, Susan Nimoy, Dolores Ferraro, Lynne Littman and Victoria Hochberg in 1980. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. The film presents seven portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana's Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. SANDRA OH: Shonda was able to make half of her cast not white. So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. Well, it meant a little ironically. So I think that's a big change that's happened. 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. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). Well, we call the film This Changes Everything, because its about kind of why that doesnt happen. 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. Why dont things change? Bring me my tiny violin. There's also people like Ryan Murphy, who has that initiative called Half, where he just decided and announced that half of his cast and crew were always going to be female. Now, this changes everything. She's featured in the movie and as an executive producer of the film. 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. 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. . This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. Theres no one they can complain to. MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. 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. Which is why none of them appeared in this film? And they didn't ask - after I read the part, they didn't ask to see my bathing suit. You can pick up a lot on a set. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . So theres something really deep and systemic going on. They founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee in 1979. So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? 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. And that action alone sent the numbers skyrocketing from 0.5% to 16% in just 10 years from 1985 to 1995. This is a rush transcript. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out for being a woman. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? But that was my plan. Accuracy and availability may vary. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. 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. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. Bosnian MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? DONAHUE: Yes. And womens films do make more money and have, I think, over the last three years. Chinese Simple 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. Oh, we forgot. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. Japanese I never got another paying job. At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. And so it kind of made sense in that way. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. What have they each done? This Changes Everything (2015) Plot Showing all 3 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Summaries 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. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? 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. And she's been dedicated to equality for women, more roles for women in Hollywood. This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. GROSS: What did you like about archery? It's about two women who grab ahold of their fate and refuse to relinquish control no matter how far it takes them, that they remain in charge of their destiny. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. Synopsis Based on Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, a look at how people in various communities around the world play a role in the ongoing climate change debate and how they're affecting change in trying to prevent the environmental destruction of our planet. As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. 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. From Thelma & Louise to A League of Their Own, the Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis made her name with her strong female characters. DONAHUE: Hopefully not. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. No one movie can persuade an industry to suddenly reverse decades of discrimination and redistribute power to include the less powerful. Featuring interviews with Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Tiffany Haddish, Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes, Jessica Chastain, Yara Shahidi, Chloe Grace Moretz, Amandla Stenberg, Alan Alda, Sandra Oh, Anita Hill, Rashida Jones, Rose McGowan, Judd Apatow, Rosario Dawson, Maria Giese, and many other influential voices in the fight for gender equality. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." Norwegian And he just does it. That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. 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. MARIA GIESE: My first feature film directing job out of graduate film school was in England, not in the United States. So and it wasnt really until after Me Too and all that happened that we all realized, this is different now. 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. And I'd like to see if I could do that. GROSS: And so it's a kind of - I think at the time, people were comparing it to Butch Cassidy. Film schools are now half female. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. Where's her bathing suit stuff? You say in almost 100 years, only one woman has won an academy award for best director. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. 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. 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. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. And I was horrified. SCREENING GUIDES. 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. In the course of this struggle, they help ignite a nationwide movement. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. 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