This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. 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. The realization that a solution is possible, well, that changes everything Which is why none of them appeared in this film? Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. Romanian Youll get much less salary because you guys dont really matter and well replace you if you have any complaints. We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." Things were looking good for you after film school. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. So I thats when I learned about the work of Geena in her institute and how important onscreen representation was. So, like, it seems like a lot of the change is happening from women like that who are creating the change themselves. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. 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. And then after about a year and a half, they told me they were going to pursue it. Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. 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. Well, it meant a little ironically. GROSS: So did being a model for Victoria's Secret lead to having this part where you're in your underwear in the dressing room? 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. Reese Witherspoon: The basis of your thinking is determined by the first images you see; whose values are important and whose stories are important, and that's what we're teaching little girls and little boys. And it hasnt changed in all that time. Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. 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. But what I did, also as Geena, was start looking at the numbers, and I started to notice that only 4% of studio features were directed by women, and only 13% of episodic TV shows were directed by women. 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. A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. You putting men in charge basically driving women and people of color out. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on. 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. And he just does 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. 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. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Swedish Produced with New Plot Films in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, and . I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. Ukrainian. Presenting portraits of communities on the front lines, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? . On a platform out at sea, they have formed The Community - a new type of society and a better way of living. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. The film combines talking-head interviews with drill-down stats and the backstory on legal actions taken to force accountability from studio heads. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. Chinese Complex 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. There's no question about it. This Changes Everything. 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. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. DAVIS: Oh, so - gosh. GROSS: So what did you learn being on set? SCREENING GUIDES. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. And so I learned at 36 that I actually was coordinated. LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. Can you talk about that? Watch all you want. 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. 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. So thats why when it says 75 percent of women made this film, people actually clap at that line at the end. GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. DAVIS: I think I noticed it because Ive been in like A League of Their Own and I became very aware of how few inspirational female characters there are in regular adult fare. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. And then I saw it everywhere. 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 Spanish Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. With - the other thing that I loved about it was that it's measured by points. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? This 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. 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. - because it was a big hit. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. Can we pull off these changes in time? GIESE: Well, that was the thing. 24 female police officers, firefighters, bodyguards, soldiers, athletes and stuntwomen team up by profession to compete for survival on a remote island. This is FRESH AIR. Author interview. Portuguese Featuring interviews with Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Tiffany Haddish, Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes, Jessica Chastain, Yara Shahidi, Chloe Grace Moretz, Amandla Stenberg, Alan Alda, Sandra Oh, Anita Hill, Rashida Jones, Rose McGowan, Judd Apatow, Rosario Dawson, Maria Giese, and many other influential voices in the fight for gender equality. Theres no one they can complain to. And so it kind of made sense in that way. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. DONAHUE: Sure. Catalan But it's profoundly not the case right now. You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. Thelma & Louise was supposed to have done it. Well, we call the film This Changes Everything, because its about kind of why that doesnt happen. JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. ', A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . There's far fewer movies with a female lead character. [Klein] writes of a decisive battle for the fate of the earth in which we either take back control of the planet from the capitalists who are destroying it or watch it all burn.. Greek Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? What have they each done? In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. Suddenly, they could see what they were doing, and weve yet to leave any meeting where somebody doesnt say, you just changed my project. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. She's interesting. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". Greek And you try really hard to, like, throw him off of you. 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. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. I mean you know. Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. DAVIS: Well, I was astounded that it happened. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. Croatian She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. 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. Here it is. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. MARIA GIESE: My first feature film directing job out of graduate film school was in England, not in the United States. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out for being a woman. That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. 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. So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? 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. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. Although a large part of this documentary focuses on the fact that female directors do not get work and have trouble getting hired, and the director of this film. Unlike many works about the climate crisis, this is not a film that tries to scare the audience into action: it aims to empower. Im an optimist. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. I always say go through the script and change it. 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. And this is in every sector of society, its the same story. Finnish Danish And so I did. My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. 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 . So do you have any idea where things stand? MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. namely, a modicum of hope for the future From Thelma & Louise to A League of Their Own, the Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis made her name with her strong female characters. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. 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. Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. Theres a lot of talk about change and theres a lot more content being made but a lot of the diversity that happens in content is happening at the lower pay levels. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. Most importantly, the film seeks pathways and solutions from within and outside the industry, and around the world. German In this part of the interview, I'm going to talk more with Davis about her own movie career. 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. Still. to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/movies/this-changes-everything-review.html. AMANPOUR: Yes. 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. GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. So you started your career as a model. . It's really fun and incredibly challenging. And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. Slovene German So I learned about being a feminist through the activism of a man. She's in Paris. Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. This is a rush transcript. So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. KIMBERLY PIERCE, DIRECTOR, CARRIE: I was being talked to and treated and questioned constantly and indifferently. 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. I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. Female. DAVIS: It did well. 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