By what name was This Changes Everything (2015) officially released in India in English? A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? DAVIS: They do. Croatian I'm talking about family-rated films. Unlike many works about the climate crisis, this is not a film that tries to scare the audience into action: it aims to empower. Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. Like why do I care? Norwegian And so I did. 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. 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. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. 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. 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. SANDRA OH: Shonda was able to make half of her cast not white. 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. She braids together the science, psychology, geopolitics, economics, ethics and activism that shape the climate question. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Ukrainian, Arabic DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. Youll get much less salary because you guys dont really matter and well replace you if you have any complaints. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. Film schools are now half female. Thelma & Louise was supposed to have done it. And my friend and I acted out your trip. She's featured in the movie and as an executive producer of the film. AMANPOUR: Yes. Not rated. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. And so it's just a battle with yourself the whole time. Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. What is the connection? . MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. . What have they each done? Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. But that was my plan. By Joel Horwood. 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). We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. [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.. 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? Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? I get to have opinions, I get to be smart. 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 . Drawing on an impressive volume of research, Ms. Klein savages the idea that we will be saved by new technologies or by an incremental shift away from fossil fuels: Both approaches, she argues, are forms of denial . 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. And womens films do make more money and have, I think, over the last three years. And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. And it also struck a nerve that none of us expected. A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. And why does that matter? Bulgarian You were working with Dustin Hoffman. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." 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. DAVIS: Hopefully not. And I was counting on my hands as I held her in my lap, and it was horrifying, and I was absolutely stunned. Nothing is certain. Copyright 2019 NPR. But it was television that showed me there it was another way, and it was a show called MASH. I was a feminist since I was 10-years-old because I came from a very right-wing family. Its always been that way. The women have guns. . Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. 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. We'll be right back. . 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. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? 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: This is FRESH AIR. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. Director Tom Donahue Stars Reese Witherspoon Mira Nair Danish He said no, that's the whole point is competing. 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. The numbers have obviously not improved for decades. Still. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. DONAHUE: Sure. Romanian 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 . 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. She ends up shooting him, and then you both go on the lam because you feel like, who's going to believe you? Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. French Ukrainian. It will be on air. 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. JOIN NOW. The story goes full circle back to Alberta and what should or needs to be done to combat climate change while dealing with the economy and thus people's short term well-being. Why dont things change? GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. She starts her own organization, the Geena Davis Institute, on gender in media to keep track of the imbalance. He's got you pinned against a car. Suddenly, they could see what they were doing, and weve yet to leave any meeting where somebody doesnt say, you just changed my project. 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. Im an optimist. Thats the problem. Can we play that? GROSS: What did you like about archery? Well, get her back. So let me just play that clip. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. LA Times. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. 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 . 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. 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. MARTIN: So you can see it with kids entertainment? No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. 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. LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. And he just does it. 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. 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. Spanish A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). Geena, I want to start with you. For the rest of us, This Changes Everything will frustrate, enrage and maybe even inspire. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. . 47%. As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. Danish 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. Most importantly, the film seeks pathways and solutions from within and outside the industry, and around the world. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. And I think the first thing to change will be on screen. She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. And it seemed that, in the 21st century, this was a horrible message to be sending and very shocking. 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 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. This Changes Everything. Finnish I'm Terry Gross. Bulgarian GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? I could do that too. So I had been very unathletic as a kid. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. Anyone can read what you share. Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. ', A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . Dutch 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. This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. 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. Accuracy and availability may vary. My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. And this is in every sector of society, its the same story. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. Im sure they knew that they were making fewer films with a female lead but they didnt they werent aware that the population of the films were profoundly imbalanced, even the extras. And that action alone sent the numbers skyrocketing from 0.5% to 16% in just 10 years from 1985 to 1995. 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. And I was really worried about coming off as if I didn't know anything, that people would be saying, she doesn't even know where to stand or what to do. 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. Kumi Naidoo,Former Director at Greenpeace International, Genuinely moving As the staggering statistics on gender parity continue to demonstrate, though, not much has changed. Things were looking good for you after film school. Which is why none of them appeared in this film? A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. You can pick up a lot on a set. TV-PG. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? Not rated. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? So I knew that we could invoke that law to be able to change things in a very significant way. Bosnian DONAHUE: Hopefully not. And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. About the author. And I'd be like, which part exactly? Also was named Observer Book of the Year and a New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of the Year and Margaret Atwood chose it for The Guardians Best Books of 2014 list. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. '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. Crystal, a young indigenous leader in Tar Sands country, as she fights for access to a restricted military base in search of answers about an environmental disaster in progress. 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. Slovene And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. . You used to make a movie a year. a scene from This Changes Everything, the documentary. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. 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. What happened after that? DAVIS: First of all, for the simple fact of fairness, that women deserve to be in half of the positions, you know, and have leadership roles and also be the grip and be on the crew and, you know, use their [13:45:00] talents. GROSS: Maria Giese, let me move on to you. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. DAVIS: Not at all. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. Here it is. (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. 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. 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. 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. Korean And then the second thing were unions. Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. Did you think of it as there not being enough roles for women in their 40s? Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. . 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. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. 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. . Catalan Tom, do you want to add to that? (Laughter). Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. 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. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. 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. . When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? GROSS: Geena, I want to ask you about one of the recurring roles that you have now, and that's on this series "GLOW" - the Netflix series "GLOW," which is about women wrestlers in the 1980s. So you started your career as a model. 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. So I started making this movie. And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. And everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. Some positive developments are shown in China and Germany specifically. I'm Terry Gross. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. Where's her bathing suit stuff? GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. Swedish And two and a half years later, I was a semifinalist for the Olympic trials. VarietyMagazine, If you care about justice you must see this. Progress will happen when men take a stand, an emphatic Meryl Streep says. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. So theres something really deep and systemic going on. . They founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee in 1979. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. You were signed to a big agency. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. Be the first to contribute. 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. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." I'm wondering what impact you think that might be having on the inclusion issue because we've seen how some men in Hollywood have misused their power to assault or harass women. 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. So I decided I wanted to take up a sport in the real-life way and not the movie version. Change or be changed, but make no mistake, this changes everything.. DONAHUE: Its funny. 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. He refuses. But were not hearing womens voices or seeing the stories told through the female gaze when there are so few female directors. 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 . You had a small role. Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. MARTIN: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic DAVIS: Right. . What are we doing? Now, this changes everything. And so I thought, this is an enormous problem if we are training kids from the beginning that girls are second-class citizens. Documentary. SCREENING GUIDES. 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. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. Turkish 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. This is FRESH AIR. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. And then Susan Sarandon comes out. This Changes Everything is a 2015 documentary film directed by Avi Lewis.It is based on the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein.. This Changes Everything. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. German An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. And for me, the word feminist was a bad word in my house. Lithuanian - three years and seven months going. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. 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. DAVIS: I think I noticed it because Ive been in like A League of Their Own and I became very aware of how few inspirational female characters there are in regular adult fare. From left, Joelle Dobrow, Nell Cox, Susan Nimoy, Dolores Ferraro, Lynne Littman and Victoria Hochberg in 1980. 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. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. She's interesting. 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 it was fantastic. A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. And it's a buddy movie. That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. And I was kind of good at all of it. 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. 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. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. Geena Davis and Tom Donahue on This Changes Everything, Maleeha Lodhi Discusses Tensions Between India and Pakistan, Michael Mann Explains Why We Need to Rethink Food Production, + Major support for Amanpour and Company is provided by the Anderson Family Charitable Fund, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III, Candace King Weir, Jim Attwood and Leslie Williams, Mark J. Blechner, Seton J. Melvin, Bernard and Denise Schwartz, Koo and Patricia Yuen, the Leila and Mickey Straus Family Charitable Trust, Barbara Hope Zuckerberg, Jeffrey Katz and Beth Rogers, the Filomen M. DAgostino Foundation and. And I was - well, I was mostly thrilled that my first job was not playing, you know, a corpse in a morgue on a soap opera or something. 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