GROSS: Maria Giese, let me move on to you. By the end, it feels like This Changes Everything is just that little bit too much behind the curve of history, despite the boo and hiss-prompting appearances from President Donald Trump and footage of the Womens March. It was just like the way it was, and, you know, being sexy and all that kind of stuff. A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. DAVIS: Not at all. And, of course, it's all a joke. A book, film and engagement project about why the climate crisis is the best opportunity we've ever had to build a better world. They've dispensed with the alarmist rhetoric surrounding the . Theres no one they can complain to. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. Moxy and her colorful friends leave Uglyville on a quest to find a kid to love. 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. AMANPOUR: Yes. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? A book, film and engagement project about why the climate crisis is the best opportunity we've ever had to build a better world. The result is the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? And why does that matter? that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. Most importantly, the film seeks pathways and solutions from within and outside the industry, and around the world. For more details, visit the official This Changes Everything website, where youll find more Press information and Endnotes. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. 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. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. And that action alone sent the numbers skyrocketing from 0.5% to 16% in just 10 years from 1985 to 1995. Maleeha Lodhi joins the program to explain tensions between Pakistan and India. 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. 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentaries. Tom Donahue . Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. - because it was a big hit. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. So let me just play that clip. She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. Like why do I care? Based on a true story. And you try really hard to, like, throw him off of you. Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. This Changes Everything: Directed by Tom Donahue. 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. "This Changes Everything" tries to get its arms around a lot, from appalling anecdotes of abhorrent behavior to deep historical context from the silent era to the modern-day repercussions of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. Bulgarian DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. And I'd like to see if I could do that. So I sat down with her, and the very first show I turned on and watched with her, I pretty much immediately noticed something, and I thought, wait a minute - how many female characters are in this show? . This is a rush transcript. :{v^ L @";+Z\\UrcK+IK6z3uI+1| x;B Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel. You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? Ukrainian, Arabic DAVIS: Well, I was astounded that it happened. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. Bosnian 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. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in . 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. - Thelma & Louise you went, that's it, the whole industry's gonna change. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. MARTIN: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. 0000004937 00000 n Its always been that way. 0000005016 00000 n 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 . 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. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. Along with many others who spoke to Everythings director Tom Donahue (who also made the docs Casting By andThank You for Your Service), like Natalie Portman and Chloe Grace Moretz, Davis talks without self-pity about feeling objectified by the filmmaking process. UV*-Z=mCFv^v -9ty9D,uRT]"-%x78hDntTKtUl1'=;+p#\>sj.`#SZO6:1`]pu*]!!Gqq QhfNtvR1#k. As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. Written with an elegant blend of science, statistics, field reports and personal insight, it does not paralyze but buoys the reader. So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. Can we play that? Davis explains how her foundation has made a point of using data to show in stark math just how small a percentage of women occupy various parts of the industry, from the number of directors of top-earning films in recent years (as we all should know by now, the figure has actually gone down since the 1990s) to the paucity of leading female protagonists. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. There are problem areas in terms of style as well as content. 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. 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. 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. And so I learned at 36 that I actually was coordinated. But on the way, they must confront what it means to be different. GROSS: Well, what was wrong with that plan? 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%. Better yet, it also explains how folks are now pushing back and using the law, media pressure and other forms of recourse to change the numbers. Ukrainian. I mean you know. Please forgive an old lady over here if I say I think Ive seen this one before and know how it ends. o Ground truth model: analysis of the book transcript and documentary transcript o Change assessment: data collection and analysis after releasing the book and . This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. So I thats when I learned about the work of Geena in her institute and how important onscreen representation was. Dutch DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. Not rated. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . And I think most people and certainly I did assume that kids entertainments are harmless, that they're - they might even be good for kids. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. And very quickly, the coaches were saying, you know, you have a lot of untapped athletic ability. Theyll just get somebody else. That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. The numbers have obviously not improved for decades. Accuracy and availability may vary. 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 . Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Henson revel in revealing how theyll take an empty, clichd girlfriend part, then twist it and tweak it into a character whos far more interesting. With: Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Chlo Grace Moretz, Yara Shahidi, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes, Alan Alda, Sandra Oh, Anita Hill, Jessica Chastain, Rose McGowan, Judd Apatow, Rosario Dawson, Maria Geise, Amandla Stenberg, Maureen Ryan DONAHUE: There hasnt been a lot of change. 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. DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. I never got another paying job. 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. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. Norwegian And so it's just a battle with yourself the whole time. MARTIN: In fact, theres a clip for that. Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. Nov 2, 2015. She's featured in the movie and as an executive producer of the film. On TV, you have women like Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, who's also in movies, and Reese Witherspoon not only doing shows that have women in them but also - certainly with Ava DuVernay, she makes a point of hiring women directors and often women directors of color for her series "Queen Sugar." 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. . And then after about a year and a half, they told me they were going to pursue it. 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). PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. . I always say go through the script and change it. MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? 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. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. And I thought, OK, well, I'll just become a model, and then they'll just offer me parts because obviously it's so much easier to become a supermodel (laughter). Unions did not allow women because putting women in the unions meant lower pay and lower prestige. 0000049399 00000 n What happened was when I was in Thelma & Louise, after Thelma & Louise came out, a lot of the press was talking about, this is going to change everything. 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. 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. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. So I had a lot of training. 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. . You know, God forbid you complain about your salary not being equal or being harassed or mistreated or discriminated against because they'll just get somebody else, you know? We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. 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. Well, we call the film This Changes Everything, because its about kind of why that doesnt happen. And she's been dedicated to equality for women, more roles for women in Hollywood. trailer <<7E16516DA15B497BAB3561E27D065FDD>]/Prev 143654>> startxref 0 %%EOF 110 0 obj <>stream 0000023091 00000 n In partnership with The Guardian, we are very proud to unveil this first ever sneak peek at the work-in-progress companion documentary film to This Changes Everything, directed by Avi Lewis. Its a lot of documents and newspaper headlines. . MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. Theres a whole side trip to a cinema in Stockholm that only shows movies that have passed the Bechdel testi.e., does it feature two female characters talking about something other than a man?which is fun, but feels wedged-in. And it hasnt changed in all that time. Be the first to contribute. No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. 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. And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. I wasnt thinking, this is so unfair. DAVIS: Well, it did in a way. Its not about carbonits about capitalism. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." Whats your first name? With "This Changes Everything," a documentary by Lewis and a book by Klein, the duo has reshaped the narrative of climate change. Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. By what name was This Changes Everything (2018) officially released in India in English? GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? What are we doing? And for me, the word feminist was a bad word in my house. The movie This Changes Everything, an American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue, debued in 2018. Russian Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. Just recently, we learned that Andrea Arnolds work directing Big Little Lies season two reportedly was altered significantly to fit the style of season one director Jean-Marc Valle. (Laughter). Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. Tom, do you want to add to that? Chinese Simple Brenda Chapman explains her thinking in conceiving Pixars Brave: I purposely went for a princess so I could throw the princess thing on its head. (But then the movie weirdly fails to follow up with the fact that Chapman was forced to share directing credit with Mark Andrews once Brave came out, rather than serving as the first woman to direct a Pixar feature.) With - the other thing that I loved about it was that it's measured by points. Documentary . Certainly, this facet is germane to telling the full story, but its dry and not as visually or emotionally arresting as the rest of the film. Provoking whats surely the docs biggest laugh, Tiffany Haddish relives the thrill of watching Diahann Carroll whaling on Joan Collins in the classic Dynasty catfight, and yet never going to jail for it. 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. Geena Davis and Tom Donahue sit down with Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their new film This Changes Everything, which tackles the need for more female representation in media. 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. I haven't really ever had to describe what it's about. He refuses. Watch all you want. But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. Sometimes it feels like a disproportionate amount of attention is applied to legal cases and internecine DGA politics, leaving only a scant amount of time for a cursory history of women filmmakers from the silent era onwards. . But were not hearing womens voices or seeing the stories told through the female gaze when there are so few female directors. 0000023356 00000 n %PDF-1.5 % And in May 2015, The New York Times published the ACLU's 15-page letter to the EEOC and to other government agencies, calling for an industry-wide federal investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. I'm sure it made a lot of money. It couldnt be timelier, and its simmering feeling of frustration is palpable. An examination of sexism in the Hollywood film industry, the film interviews a variety of actresses and women filmmakers on their experiences in the industry.. French What have they each done? 0000049660 00000 n Producers: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue Here it is. 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. In fact, all around the world, the fight for the next economy and against reckless extraction is already succeeding in ways both surprising and inspiring. DONAHUE: Sure. Oh, we forgot. And so I thought, this is an enormous problem if we are training kids from the beginning that girls are second-class citizens. 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. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful . Reunited as adults, two childhood friends fall madly in love and won't let anything not even death tear them apart, in this supernatural love story. Danish It will be on air. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. Originally, it was about workplace discrimination in Hollywood but I thought to myself, who is going to want to see this movie outside of the people in Hollywood. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. . Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. (Yes, I am aware that even comparing these two films critically risks replicating the very same divide-and-rule strategies that have forced female filmmakers to compete with each other for years rather than collaborate and collectivize. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. Well, it meant a little ironically. Here it is. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? One of the films main, salient points is that it isnt all that hard to find gifted, visionary women to direct, and that the powers that beagents, studio executives, producers, etc.simply havent bothered to look for far too long. And she doesnt know its her period because she had never been taught that by her mother. I'm Terry Gross. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. There's no question about it. The title of the doc actually refers to the many false dawns of hope, for example after the surprise success of Thelma & Louise (1991), which observers at the time took to augur impending change. And so I did. As always, its a story eminently worth telling, especially for the benefit of younger generations whose exposure to feminism may have started with buying a ticket to Wonder Woman last year. So I started making this movie. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic Venue: Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF Docs) The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. GROSS: In "A League Of Their Own." GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. 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. DAVIS: Absolutely, which is fantastic. Geena Davis talks about what inspired "This Changes Everything," a documentary about women in film.Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAKWebsite: https://kellyand. And, you know, being harassed and all kinds of things going on, being not listened to, talked down to, all that stuff. Swedish Geena Daviswhos also an executive producer herebridges these two perspectives. Im an optimist. 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. That was supposed to happen after Thelma & Louise came out. MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. 0000001895 00000 n Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. 0000003130 00000 n The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. Profoundly, embarrassing few. And the whole thing wraps up in rushed fashion with the Trump era ushering in a wave of womens marches and reigniting a spark of activism. So its kind of working. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. In a dystopian future devastated by air pollution, the survival of humanity depends on the Black Knights and theyre far from your average deliverymen. DAVIS: Well, no, no. . 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. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic disparities on screen. Greek 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. Swedish And that's what I set my mind to do. There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. The film is at its best when it gives the smart, talented, diverse collection of women the opportunity to tell their stories, relive their battles and share their feelings. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. 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.
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