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. MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? Look at what FX did. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. And two and a half years later, I was a semifinalist for the Olympic trials. Russian When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. So I knew that we could invoke that law to be able to change things in a very significant way. . She starts her own organization, the Geena Davis Institute, on gender in media to keep track of the imbalance. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. French But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. They founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee in 1979. Nothing is certain. 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. . Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic. Film schools are now half female. I think the big advantage was that people who make kids entertainment do it because they care about kids. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." GIESE: Well, that was the thing. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. Well, get her back. 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. Whats your first name? That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. 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. GROSS: Geena Davis, let me bring you back into the conversation. -Entertainment Weekly Why dont things change? And Kim and I are sitting there going like, well, respectfully, I dont think you know what youre talking about. 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. You say in almost 100 years, only one woman has won an academy award for best director. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. Its always been that way. The women have guns. So I had a lot of training. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. Dutch 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. Geena, I want to start with you. 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. GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. I'm talking about family-rated films. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. 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 And I was like, you know, I was a huge fan of "GLOW" and very much wanted to do it. - because it was a big hit. You can pick up a lot on a set. Can you talk about that? But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. 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. I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. And I couldn't get the numbers on women in commercials, which is the most lucrative category of directing, but I spoke to some big executives in the commercial world who told me that the number was less than 1%. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? In this part of the interview, I'm going to talk more with Davis about her own movie career. 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. MARTIN: So the title of the film, we start with that, This Changes Everything. This is something that you say in the film. Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. Tom Donahue's documentary 'This Changes Everything' examines efforts from within Hollywood to redress the gender imbalance and features a large roster of big-name interviewees, from Anita Hill. Catalan that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. And very quickly, the coaches were saying, you know, you have a lot of untapped athletic ability. A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. . And she's been dedicated to equality for women, more roles for women in Hollywood. So I never thought about it again. Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. This Changes Everything. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. Thats the problem. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. Progress will happen when men take a stand, an emphatic Meryl Streep says. And that's when you really are tested with your mental abilities because once you have a really good shot, your job is to recreate it exactly and - every time. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Kleins narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. 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. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. 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. A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. 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. You were working with Dustin Hoffman. So I thats when I learned about the work of Geena in her institute and how important onscreen representation was. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. 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. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. I always say go through the script and change it. . . Ukrainian. For more details, visit the official This Changes Everything website, where youll find more Press information and Endnotes. 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. So let me just play that clip. Female. GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? So I had been very unathletic as a kid. Produced with New Plot Films in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, and . DAVIS: Right. but like a place where we actually want to live GROSS: Yeah. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. DONAHUE: Sure. 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. Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman DAVIS: It did well. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. Polish Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. 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, you know, being harassed and all kinds of things going on, being not listened to, talked down to, all that stuff. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. 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). . 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. 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. This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. About the author. I mean you know. MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? But we were stunned at the reaction that was instant - cover of Time magazine and all that stuff. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. And then Susan Sarandon comes out. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein's international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful 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. I felt very unhappy with having that sort of imposed on me by other people. 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. I mean dont you just want to throw your shoes at the screen? She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. Profoundly, embarrassing few. And I was horrified. Catalan Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. Romanian Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. 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 . Forget everything you think you know about global warming. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. DONAHUE: I started the film a year before I actually asked Geena to come on board. I'm sure it made a lot of money. . And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. 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. So it was all very shocking and great because what it really - well, first of all, I'll tell you how it affected me. . MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. This is FRESH AIR. 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. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. DAVIS: Well, no, no. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. 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. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. 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. So its kind of working. A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. 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. MARTIN: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. Dutch Chinese Complex So I think that's a big change that's happened. DAVIS: Not at all. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. 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. This Changes Everything DOCUMENTARY Told first-hand by some of Hollywood's leading voices, This Changes Everything is a feature-length documentary that uncovers what is beneath what is one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry- the under-representation and misrepresentation of women. And we started to have meetings with them. Now, this changes everything. 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. Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. Did you think of it as there not being enough roles for women in their 40s? ', A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . This is a rush transcript. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. Can we pull off these changes in time? So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? This is FRESH AIR. Women are socialized to go along with the dominant patriarch. 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. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. All rights reserved. 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. The realization that a solution is possible, well, that changes everything Things were looking good for you after film school. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. Director Avi Lewis Writer UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. I knew I wanted to be in movies, as opposed to theater. 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. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. Why hasnt it changed before now? Its not going to benefit you. Greek And so I did. And so it was something they had no idea they were doing, and the data changed everything for them. And a lot of men would say to me when I was making the film, Well, the problem is you just follow the money. If women films made more money, of course, there would be more women films. 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. 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. MARTIN: So you can see it with kids entertainment? And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. 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. VarietyMagazine, If you care about justice you must see this. As the staggering statistics on gender parity continue to demonstrate, though, not much has changed. 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 . SCREENING GUIDES. 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 hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. . At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. I very much expected that that would not be the case. Copy may not be in its final form. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. 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