It was just like the way it was, and, you know, being sexy and all that kind of stuff. DONAHUE: Sure. 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 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: came into play here, too, because there's more of you for Dustin Hoffman to be fazed by when he walks in. Bosnian You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. 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. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. 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. 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. 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. MARTIN: Really? Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. namely, a modicum of hope for the future And I was so shocked when my coach said after just a few months, well, now you've got to start competing. I felt very unhappy with having that sort of imposed on me by other people. And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. You used to make a movie a year. 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 . And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. Finnish She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. She's in Paris. And it hasnt changed in all that time. SCREENING GUIDES. Slovene She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Still. MARTIN: Did you think it was as bad as it is? Its not going to benefit you. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. I felt its my duty as a feminist, male or otherwise. And then Susan Sarandon comes out. DAVIS: Not at all. Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. 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. Can you talk about that? GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. 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. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. Because the next movie somebody makes could be gender-balanced. DONAHUE: I started the film a year before I actually asked Geena to come on board. 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. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. And why does that matter? Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is nothing funny here. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. But that was my plan. 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. So do you have any idea where things stand? LA Times. Well, it meant a little ironically. 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. 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. Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf (PDFy mirror) Publication date 2014-01-01 Topics mirror, pdf.yt Collection pdfymirrors; additional_collections Language English This public document was automatically mirrored from PDFy. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. Which really isn't very old. And Im like, yay, I cant wait. But you could, by answering its call to action. . 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. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. . 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. Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. DONAHUE: Yes. We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. Director Tom Donahue Stars Reese Witherspoon Mira Nair 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 . DAVIS: It did well. 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. Film schools are now half female. And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. 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 . And I was horrified. Not rated. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . Croatian The film combines talking-head interviews with drill-down stats and the backstory on legal actions taken to force accountability from studio heads. Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. So I learned through him about the equal rights amendment, about Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas and that girl and I became a fan of Mary Tyler Moore. . Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. This is FRESH AIR. My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. Chinese Complex DAVIS: Hopefully not. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. He refuses. 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. So it was all very shocking and great because what it really - well, first of all, I'll tell you how it affected me. GROSS: And you even competed to be on the Olympic archery team. 56%. - because it was a big hit. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Feud is so, so good. Where's her bathing suit stuff? And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. . GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. 24 female police officers, firefighters, bodyguards, soldiers, athletes and stuntwomen team up by profession to compete for survival on a remote island. A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. 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. It often seems that these worlds are completely . . GROSS: Maria Giese, let me move on to you. But it was television that showed me there it was another way, and it was a show called MASH. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. 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 I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. Russian We were made to feel very dispensable. What happened after that? And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. . 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. So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). Oh, we forgot. And my friend and I acted out your trip. I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. By what name was This Changes Everything (2015) officially released in India in English? A parallel issue to what we've been talking about - we've been talking about inclusion of women - parallel issue is the predatory behavior of certain men in Hollywood - directors, actors, heads of companies. DONAHUE: Sure. 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 MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. Watch all you want. For more details, visit the official This Changes Everything website, where youll find more Press information and Endnotes. 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. Lithuanian But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? Was it a centering thing for you - focus? 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. 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. Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. Chinese Complex In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. When did things start to slow down in your acting career? Geena, I want to start with you. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. And I got the part. DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. 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. 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. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. Portuguese DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. . The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. And Kim and I are sitting there going like, well, respectfully, I dont think you know what youre talking about. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? Im an optimist. 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. 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. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. In the course of this struggle, they help ignite a nationwide movement. She's featured in the movie and as an executive producer of the film. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. 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. But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. DAVIS: Well, it did in a way. The two opposing viewpoints can be seen in two western society examples, the first concerning the Alberta oil sands, and the second fossil fuel energy production and transportation in what is traditional Montana farmland. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. Original filename: Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf URL: https://pdf.yt/d/Skb-ch_k7psDm90Q Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. GIESE: Well, that was the thing. Chinese Simple MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. 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. MARTIN: And they just cant believe that it is what it is. Italian, Japanese . This is FRESH AIR. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic French But I loved it. . 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 . 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. GROSS: What did you like about archery? DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. She's got a handgun, pulls it on him, asks him to apologize. How did you take up archery? All rights reserved. Tom, do you want to add to that? So let me just play that clip. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. And your role is as the entertainment director of a casino. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. 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. Accuracy and availability may vary. Written with an elegant blend of science, statistics, field reports and personal insight, it does not paralyze but buoys the reader. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. 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. 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. I'm Terry Gross. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. And for me, it was no big deal to want to take the man until here and try to tell this story. Author interview. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. Turkish But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. It's about two women who grab ahold of their fate and refuse to relinquish control no matter how far it takes them, that they remain in charge of their destiny. 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