Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. Directed by Avi Lewis (AFI Festival award-winner The Take) and inspired by the New York Times-bestselling book by Naomi Klein, the feature documentary This Changes Everything will launch in 2015. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . No one movie can persuade an industry to suddenly reverse decades of discrimination and redistribute power to include the less powerful. By what name was This Changes Everything (2018) officially released in India in English? Nothing except that climate change changes everything. DONAHUE: Hopefully not. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. 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. And they got really excited. 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. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Copyright 2019 NPR. Kleins urgency and outrage is balanced by meticulous documentation and passionate argument. 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. This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/movies/this-changes-everything-review.html. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. I mean you know. This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue Finnish The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. I think theres some backlash. 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 Portuguese 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. But that was my plan. I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. What happened after that? In the lawless land of Gando, fierce bandits will stop at nothing to fight for their precious homeland and loved ones even if it means life or death. So I learned about being a feminist through the activism of a man. So its kind of working. 56%. . Norwegian Polish By Joel Horwood. Look at what FX did. We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. 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. This Changes Everything. 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. 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. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. Its the chivalry of the 21st century.. GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. 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. 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. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic disparities on screen. 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. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. . Copy may not be in its final form. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years,This Changes Everythingis an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. Anyone can read what you share. Jyothi, a matriarch in Andhra Pradesh, India who sings sweetly and battles fiercely along with her fellow villagers, fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant that will destroy a life-giving wetland. This Changes Everything August 31, 2015 We're excited to share the official poster for This Changes Everything the documentary! We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. Globe & Mail So let me just play that clip. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. So thats why when it says 75 percent of women made this film, people actually clap at that line at the end. 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. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? Which is why none of them appeared in this film? Bulgarian Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. Absolutely not. Unlike many works about the climate crisis, this is not a film that tries to scare the audience into action: it aims to empower. 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). And I was horrified. Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. [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. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. 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. 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? Bulgarian What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? In the course of this struggle, they help ignite a nationwide movement. Geena, I want to start with you. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? . Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. So you started your career as a model. So I decided I wanted to take up a sport in the real-life way and not the movie version. I'm Terry Gross. 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. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. Progress will happen when men take a stand, an emphatic Meryl Streep says. Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. 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. 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. GROSS: What did you like about archery? It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. So I never thought about it again. And so that was really fun. 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. 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. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Naomi Klein's narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. 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. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. Audience Score 100+ Ratings. ("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. Well, do they have any photos of her in a bathing suit? You were working with Dustin Hoffman. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. . namely, a modicum of hope for the future And so it was something they had no idea they were doing, and the data changed everything for them. 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. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman And I was counting on my hands as I held her in my lap, and it was horrifying, and I was absolutely stunned. It sets the most important crisis in human history in the context of our other ongoing traumas, reminding us just how much the powers-that-be depend on the power of coal, gas and oil. Its always been that way. I'm talking about family-rated films. This is FRESH AIR. And they didn't ask - after I read the part, they didn't ask to see my bathing suit. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Produced with New Plot Films in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, and . Originally, it was about workplace discrimination in Hollywood but I thought to myself, who is going to want to see this movie outside of the people in Hollywood. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. GROSS: So what did you learn being on set? Tom, do you want to add to that? LANDGRAF: And Im here to say its there. Im an optimist. Suddenly, they could see what they were doing, and weve yet to leave any meeting where somebody doesnt say, you just changed my project. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. Did you think of it as there not being enough roles for women in their 40s? Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. Slovene 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. How did you take up archery? Can you talk about that? And why does that matter? So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). Didnt seem to happen. She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. Accuracy and availability may vary. I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. This Changes Everything. So I had a lot of training. 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. 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. You were attached to other projects. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. 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. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. I never got another paying job. Because the next movie somebody makes could be gender-balanced. 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. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. Transcript A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. When Dani Arnold broke Ueli Steck's speed record climbing the Eiger in 2011, it sparked a duel between them across the six great north faces of the Alps. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . And two and a half years later, I was a semifinalist for the Olympic trials. This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. All rights reserved. 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. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. There's no question about it. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. DONAHUE: Sure. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. Buy now. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. The first film you directed was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? 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. . GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. 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. In this part of the interview, I'm going to talk more with Davis about her own movie career. LA Times. 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. 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