DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. Now, this changes everything. You had a small role. And that's what I set my mind to do. This documentary on climate change and its causes focuses largely on stories of human connection to the land, some who try to control the land, while others who see humans as temporary stewards of the land to pass to future generations. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. -Alice Walker, author and activist, Purposely unsettling Ultimately encouraging GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. 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. She is an executive producer of and is featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. DONAHUE: Sure. 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. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. DAVIS: Oh, so - gosh. DAVIS: Well, no, no. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. MARTIN: Did you think it was as bad as it is? With - the other thing that I loved about it was that it's measured by points. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. She's got a handgun, pulls it on him, asks him to apologize. DAVIS: Yes. But the documentary "This Changes Everything" synthesizes all that data along with interviews from a truly mind-boggling array of A-listers both in front of and behind the camera to create a damning portrait of Hollywood's systematic sexism and discrimination. And very quickly, the coaches were saying, you know, you have a lot of untapped athletic ability. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). So I started making this movie. DONAHUE: Well, two things. Dutch It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). And I was horrified. Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. 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. . Its always been that way. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . 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.". But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. And, of course, it's all a joke. Buy now. Italian 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. . I'm talking about family-rated films. Korean Look at what FX did. Chinese Complex A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. but like a place where we actually want to live At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? Profoundly, embarrassing few. Well, we call the film This Changes Everything, because its about kind of why that doesnt happen. I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? Nothing is certain. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? This Changes Everything 2018, Documentary, 1h 37m 88% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 100% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings Where to watch Rent/buy Subscription Rent/buy Rent/buy Want to. GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. DAVIS: Well, it was completely random in some ways. Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. I - my daughter was a toddler, and I decided she was old enough to start watching preschool shows. As the staggering statistics on gender parity continue to demonstrate, though, not much has changed. Its not a spoiler to say that the documentary concludes with a call to action aimed squarely at (predominantly male) studio heads, pointing to the recent commitment to inclusive hiring by John Landgraf, the chief executive of the FX Networks, as an example of what real action can look like. I mean dont you just want to throw your shoes at the screen? The numbers have obviously not improved for decades. 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. Produced with New Plot Films in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, and . Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. And I was counting on my hands as I held her in my lap, and it was horrifying, and I was absolutely stunned. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. Film schools are now half female. . Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is nothing funny here. MARTIN: You make the connection in the film that its not just about, you know, the job, its the conditions at the job, that it is directly connected to these vicious examples of sexual harassment and abuse that women have experienced that have now come to the fore. Nobody complained about anything because you felt that it would damage your career. ', A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. Written with an elegant blend of science, statistics, field reports and personal insight, it does not paralyze but buoys the reader. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. 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. What is the connection? So thats why when it says 75 percent of women made this film, people actually clap at that line at the end. 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. DONAHUE: Hopefully not. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Feud is so, so good. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. Italian, Japanese 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. . UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? And for a very brief time, the nature of that change is still up to us. Russian So theres something really deep and systemic going on. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. LA Times. DAVIS: Exactly. 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. . From Thelma & Louise to A League of Their Own, the Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis made her name with her strong female characters. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. She exposes the ideological desperation of the climate-change deniers, the messianic delusions of the would-be geoengineers, and the tragic defeatism of too many mainstream green initiatives. MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. 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. Can we pull off these changes in time? We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. 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. Forget everything you think you know about global warming. 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. 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. namely, a modicum of hope for the future You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. Unions did not allow women because putting women in the unions meant lower pay and lower prestige. Global Release 2020, 2023 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. 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. For more details, visit the official This Changes Everything website, where youll find more Press information and Endnotes. I mean you know. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. Not rated. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. So I think that's a big change that's happened. As the actress and activist Geena Davis puts it in This Changes Everything, a new documentary about Hollywoods pervasive gender inequalities, each of those highly successful films with female leads (and in some cases, female filmmakers) had been expected to expand the opportunities for women, or so the media narrative went with each release. Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue GROSS: Geena Davis is featured in and is an executive producer of the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about the campaign for better representation of women in front of and behind the camera in movies and TV. that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. The result is the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. 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. You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. 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. So they were driven out of the unions. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. But you could, by answering its call to action. 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. MARTIN: You know one of the things that really fascinated me about the film is that you point out it wasnt always this way. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. But were not hearing womens voices or seeing the stories told through the female gaze when there are so few female directors. So I had a lot of training. I knew I wanted to be in movies, as opposed to theater. 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. Nobody was going into this thinking, oh, we're going to really make a statement with this, or this is going to be a powerful message for anybody. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. DAVIS: Not at all. Slovene DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. 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. 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. Women are socialized to go along with the dominant patriarch. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. So it was all very shocking and great because what it really - well, first of all, I'll tell you how it affected me. My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. And I went, and they said, wear a bathing suit under your clothes because if you do well at the reading, they'll ask to see you in your bathing suit. Copy may not be in its final form. And I think thats but also part of it is that my peers and I felt like you cannot complain about any of this because they wont hire you. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? GROSS: Well, what was wrong with that plan? 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. 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. And why does that matter? This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic You were signed to a big agency. MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? 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. So and it wasnt really until after Me Too and all that happened that we all realized, this is different now. 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. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. GROSS: came into play here, too, because there's more of you for Dustin Hoffman to be fazed by when he walks in. Polish Why dont things change? In 2012, my archery coach noticed that when both Brave and The Hunger Games came out, suddenly the percentage of girls taking up archery shot up 105 percent, higher than adult men. By Joel Horwood. DONAHUE: Its funny. So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. Lithuanian Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. I get to be a doctor. . Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman 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. 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. We were made to feel very dispensable. I very much expected that that would not be the case. And then on screen really is impactful, because as much as it can create a negative impact, it has the power to create incredibly positive changes like were talking in the movie about the CSI effect where there were so many shows so many female forensic scientists on T.V. Can you talk about that? DONAHUE: Sure. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. Directed by Avi Lewis GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? Russian The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. She's in Paris. Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. The first film you directed was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. 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. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? I think theres some backlash. 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. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. Ukrainian, Arabic So do you have any idea where things stand? GROSS: And you even competed to be on the Olympic archery team. Globe & Mail The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. So I never thought about it again. Spanish 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. Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. DAVIS: Well, thats what I was saying about earlier, it is a different time now that you actually can talk about these things and not suffer repercussions. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. Some positive developments are shown in China and Germany specifically. I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. JOIN NOW. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. This Changes Everything | A book, film and engagement project about why the climate crisis is the best opportunity we've ever had to build a better world. We have been told the market will save us, when in fact the addiction to profit and growth is digging us in deeper every day. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. And it's a buddy movie. Spanish A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. 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. She starts her own organization, the Geena Davis Institute, on gender in media to keep track of the imbalance. (Laughter). 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 . Whats your first name? 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. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. Catalan 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. 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. OK. Let me just play a clip from him in the film. Like why do I care? MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. . DAVIS: Right. . Told first-hand by some of Hollywoods leading voices behind and in front of the camera, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is the award-winning 2019 feature-length documentary that uncovers what is beneath one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women. How did you take up archery? 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. VarietyMagazine, If you care about justice you must see this. to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). Well, it meant a little ironically. So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? [2] 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. This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. But it didnt take her long to realize that she was the exception and not the rule. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. TAX ID# 86-1943473, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, PO Box 9615, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. And your role is as the entertainment director of a casino. 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. Oh, we forgot. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. And my friend and I acted out your trip. 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