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 Why dont things change? So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. Well, it meant a little ironically. Dutch Were they getting work? And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. 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. 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. I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). Anyone can read what you share. DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. So I did. 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. So I learned about being a feminist through the activism of a man. DAVIS: Oh, no. 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. And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. And so I learned at 36 that I actually was coordinated. 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. 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. And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. VarietyMagazine, If you care about justice you must see this. And I think the first thing to change will be on screen. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. And he just does it. And for me, the word feminist was a bad word in my house. This Changes Everything. Thelma & Louise was supposed to have done it. Directed by Avi Lewis GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. 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. Can you talk about that? MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. 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. SCREENING GUIDES. . 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. Croatian Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. She's got a handgun, pulls it on him, asks him to apologize. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. . And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. He refuses. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Kleins narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. DONAHUE: Its funny. (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. DONAHUE: Hopefully not. She starts her own organization, the Geena Davis Institute, on gender in media to keep track of the imbalance. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. Prior to the worldwide publication of This Changes Everything, Naomi filmed a one and a half minute book trailer that highlighted the main themes of the book. 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. And I was horrified. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. GROSS: And you even competed to be on the Olympic archery team. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. This is FRESH AIR. 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. And she documents the inspiring movements that have already begun this process: communities that are not just refusing to be sites of further fossil fuel extraction but are building the next, regeneration-based economies right now. I always say go through the script and change it. Audience Score 100+ Ratings. Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? Director Avi Lewis Writer We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. 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. Female. Italian, Japanese GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. So I had a lot of training. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. Unions did not allow women because putting women in the unions meant lower pay and lower prestige. Will this film change everything? But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. But that was my plan. Didnt seem to happen. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. 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. And I got the part. Dutch So theres something really deep and systemic going on. a scene from This Changes Everything, the documentary. Was it a centering thing for you - focus? There's no question about it. And she demonstrates precisely why the market has notand cannotfix the climate crisis but will instead make things worse, with ever more extreme and ecologically damaging extraction methods, accompanied by rampant disaster capitalism. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. . French 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. . 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. Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman Turkish It's really fun and incredibly challenging. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. It will be on air. This Changes Everything 2015 Not Rated 1 h 29 m IMDb RATING 6.4 /10 614 YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:22 1 Video 16 Photos Documentary 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. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. GIESE: You know, I did a lot of script writing and doctoring and - but no, no primetime TV shows, even though I observed for hundreds of hours on major TV shows like Dick Wolf's "Law & Order.". GROSS: And, you know, you're dressed in your underwear so it's even more, like, imposing and, for him, kind of embarrassing because he's a man who is finding it all very arousing, and he shouldn't be there because he's posing as a woman. GROSS: And so it's a kind of - I think at the time, people were comparing it to Butch Cassidy. MARTIN: In fact, there is a clip in the film where you talk about the fact that representation in actually entertainment can actually matter in the real world. The women have guns. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. -Entertainment Weekly MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? And - but nobody, and least of all him, nobody ever said, you realize you don't have to come every day? A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. . GIESE: Well, that was the thing. . Global Release 2020, 2023 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Portuguese 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is nothing funny here. French Polish What have they each done? And we started to have meetings with them. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. I felt very unhappy with having that sort of imposed on me by other people. This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/movies/this-changes-everything-review.html. DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. I never got another paying job. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. Finnish DAVIS: Hopefully not. GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. But thats what we were worried about. Transcript A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? In this part of the interview, I'm going to talk more with Davis about her own movie career. There's far fewer movies with a female lead character. And so that was really fun. Nothing except that climate change changes everything. 2019 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. The first film you directed was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. DAVIS: They do. GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. Accuracy and availability may vary. that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. So let me just play that clip. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. Lithuanian 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. I felt its my duty as a feminist, male or otherwise. GIESE: Yes, Title VII, which was written into law in 1964 by President Johnson. 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. GROSS: Well, what was wrong with that plan? 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. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? AMANPOUR: Yes. . You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. - three years and seven months going. You were working with Dustin Hoffman. In October, at a special ceremony, she'll receive an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Japanese So and it wasnt really until after Me Too and all that happened that we all realized, this is different now. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. Not rated. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". 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