GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. Finnish If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. 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 . And I think the first thing to change will be on screen. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. 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 . DAVIS: Well, no, no. And then for a couple of movies after that, I had to learn other physical skills like horseback riding and taekwondo and fencing and ice skating and a lot of stuff. Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. Turkish Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. Female. GROSS: And so it's a kind of - I think at the time, people were comparing it to Butch Cassidy. [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.. And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. She's in Paris. DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. And so it's just a battle with yourself the whole time. 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. Norwegian They respond by organizing against fossil fuel extraction in their beloved Powder River Basin, and forming a new alliance with the Northern Cheyenne tribe to bring solar power to the nearby reservation. They could say, what was I doing? My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. 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. Why hasnt it changed before now? Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. . And it seemed that, in the 21st century, this was a horrible message to be sending and very shocking. We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. Russian 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. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. 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 . Because the next movie somebody makes could be gender-balanced. And womens films do make more money and have, I think, over the last three years. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. And we started to have meetings with them. Watch all you want. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. Bulgarian Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. 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. French 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 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. Korean No one movie can persuade an industry to suddenly reverse decades of discrimination and redistribute power to include the less powerful. Globe & Mail Not rated. 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. 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. 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. Didnt seem to happen. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." She's got a handgun, pulls it on him, asks him to apologize. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? Portuguese Nothing is certain. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Dutch And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. I was a feminist since I was 10-years-old because I came from a very right-wing family. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic disparities on screen. As the staggering statistics on gender parity continue to demonstrate, though, not much has changed. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? Klein argues that the changes to our relationship with nature and one another that are required to respond to the climate crisis humanely should not be viewed as grim penance, but rather as a kind of gifta catalyst to transform broken economic and cultural priorities and to heal long-festering historical wounds. No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. Bosnian Global Release 2020, 2023 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. 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. So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. Polish 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. JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . Original filename: Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf URL: https://pdf.yt/d/Skb-ch_k7psDm90Q 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. 56%. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. This Changes Everything is a 2015 documentary film directed by Avi Lewis.It is based on the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein.. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. DAVIS: Not at all. 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 GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? but like a place where we actually want to live 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. Written with an elegant blend of science, statistics, field reports and personal insight, it does not paralyze but buoys the reader. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. The Book, Documentary & Impact Project When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. It's really fun and incredibly challenging. The poster was designed by street artist Shepard Fairey, whose most famous work This Changes Everything Trailer Premieres in 26 languages and counting This Changes Everything August 26, 2015 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. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? The realization that a solution is possible, well, that changes everything 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 they got really excited. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. Still. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. And he just does it. 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. I mean you know. GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. DAVIS: Yes. And my friend and I acted out your trip. 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. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. 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. Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. Its not going to benefit you. JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. 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. Finnish GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. Copyright 2019 NPR. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. I felt very unhappy with having that sort of imposed on me by other people. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. Forget everything you think you know about global warming. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. GROSS: And, you know, you're dressed in your underwear so it's even more, like, imposing and, for him, kind of embarrassing because he's a man who is finding it all very arousing, and he shouldn't be there because he's posing as a woman. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. You used to make a movie a year. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." 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). Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? 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. Now, with Director Donahue, shes taking her message to the masses with the film, This Changes Everything which they have been discussing with our Michel Martin. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. By Joel Horwood. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? . It'll ruin your career was the thinking. Can you talk about that? I knew I wanted to be in movies, as opposed to theater. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. CHLOE GRACE MORETZ: When I was 15, I did Carrie. That movie was directed by Kim Pierce who was my first female director but it was a massively male crew. This Changes Everything. 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. 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. Documentary. 1 hr 30 min. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. Ukrainian, Arabic And there's a scene where you come out in - why don't you describe the costume. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. 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 . The economic drivers of the carbon society are highlighted by the economic crisis in Greece in the early 2000s, where some saw the only solution to get out of the crisis being to sell off the land to the highest bidder, those highest bidders often being resource extraction companies. [2] DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. You were attached to other projects. DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. I - my daughter was a toddler, and I decided she was old enough to start watching preschool shows. So, like, it seems like a lot of the change is happening from women like that who are creating the change themselves. The women have guns. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. The epitome of WTF? Theyll just get somebody else. Jyothi, a matriarch in Andhra Pradesh, India who sings sweetly and battles fiercely along with her fellow villagers, fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant that will destroy a life-giving wetland. Things were looking good for you after film school. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on. . And I'm like, oh, my God, no. 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. Change or be changed, but make no mistake, this changes everything.. 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. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. 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. And then after about a year and a half, they told me they were going to pursue it. Catalan And I was so shocked when my coach said after just a few months, well, now you've got to start competing. to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). Romanian He said no, that's the whole point is competing. And so that was really fun. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. . . DONAHUE: I started the film a year before I actually asked Geena to come on board. Swedish 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. 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. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. 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. She ends up shooting him, and then you both go on the lam because you feel like, who's going to believe you? 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. Italian, Japanese Absolutely not. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. 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. -Alice Walker, author and activist, Purposely unsettling Ultimately encouraging Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. 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? . So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? 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. 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. DAVIS: It did well. Thats the problem. Its the chivalry of the 21st century.. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? 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. 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