DONAHUE: Sure. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in . Dutch Bosnian Can we pull off these changes in time? that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. This Changes Everything March 10, 2015. Fatal Attraction Works As Entertainment, Fails as Social Commentary, Prime Videos Citadel Traps Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden in Played-Out Spy Game, New York Philharmonic and Steven Spielberg Celebrate the Music of John Williams, A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). Runtime. DAVIS: Yes. :{v^ L @";+Z\\UrcK+IK6z3uI+1| x;B She's in Paris. 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. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. Which is why its so jarring and even bizarre that once the credits roll, the first words we see are: Directed by Tom Donahue. It really started for me at the end of 2014 with the Sony hack and finding out about the disparity in pay between Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in American Hustle. And why does that matter? Production company: Creative Chaos Ventures 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. Chinese Simple 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. Polish 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. Bring me my tiny violin. KIMBERLY PIERCE, DIRECTOR, CARRIE: I was being talked to and treated and questioned constantly and indifferently. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. Last year, 92 percent of the directors who made the top 250 domestic movies were male. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. But thats what we were worried about. French A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. There's far fewer movies with a female lead character. Here it is. 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. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. Music: Leigh Roberts, Allison Piccioni MARTIN: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. Slovene So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? 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. And I was kind of good at all of it. 0000049660 00000 n So, like, it seems like a lot of the change is happening from women like that who are creating the change themselves. This Changes Everything - Geena Davis Institute 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. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. This Changes Everything. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. But it was television that showed me there it was another way, and it was a show called MASH. I very much expected that that would not be the case. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. Director. 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. MARTIN: So you can see it with kids entertainment? Willie Nelson Turns 90: Keith Richards Joins Hollywood Bowl Bash, Breaking Down the List: Facts and Figures About THR Critics 50 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far), This Closeness Review: A Couple and Their Airbnb Host Get Acquainted in an Astute Dramedy of Awkwardness, Parachute Review: Brittany Snows Directing Debut Tackles Addiction, Eating Disorders and Anxiety With an Impressively Light Touch, Toronto: THR's Photo Portfolio With Steve Carell, Matthew McConaughey, Salma Hayek, Melissa McCarthy and More, Wes Anderson Directing Star Wars? And she doesnt know its her period because she had never been taught that by her mother. Can we play that? DAVIS: Oh, I don't know which one you mean. $2.99 HD . But to such diverse representation up on screens, battles must be fought, executives persuaded and, most of all, women hired to write, direct, produce and advocate for such stories in the first place. GROSS: What did you like about archery? LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. o Ground truth model: analysis of the book transcript and documentary transcript o Change assessment: data collection and analysis after releasing the book and . They've dispensed with the alarmist rhetoric surrounding the . . Director of photography: Stefano Ferrari DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. And I was horrified. 77 0 obj <> endobj xref 77 34 0000000016 00000 n MARTIN: Did you think it was as bad as it is? I - my daughter was a toddler, and I decided she was old enough to start watching preschool shows. 'This Changes Everything' Review - The Hollywood Reporter A military-trained assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she's never met from ruthless criminals gunning for revenge. She's got a handgun, pulls it on him, asks him to apologize. 0000003718 00000 n DAVIS: Right. 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. 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). 0000043976 00000 n 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. Geena Davis on 'This Changes Everything' Doc, State of - Variety 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. 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. DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. So do you have any idea where things stand? 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. 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. 0000043924 00000 n 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentaries. And it also struck a nerve that none of us expected. 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. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. DONAHUE: Its funny. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. 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. 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 . GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. So I never thought about it again. . 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. Geena Daviswhos also an executive producer herebridges these two perspectives. This Changes Everything My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. It couldn't be timelier, and its simmering feeling of frustration is palpable. I'm sure it made a lot of money. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. 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. Overview. With Reese Witherspoon, Mira Nair, Shonda Rhimes, Tracee Ellis Ross. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. So they looked east to the banks to basically the patriarchal systems in the east and so they created the studio system in the west. And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. 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. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. Based on a true story. 2015 is on track to be the hottest date in written history, the nine von the 10 sharpest months after record keeping began in 1880 have . A book, film and engagement project about why the climate crisis is the best opportunity we've ever had to build a better world. Age rating. 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. Well, do they have any photos of her in a bathing suit? GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. And it was fantastic. I get to have opinions, I get to be smart. 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. We were made to feel very dispensable. This Changes Everything (2015) - Plot - IMDb 0000002423 00000 n It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. Geena, I want to start with you. See The Film | This Changes Everything There's no question about it. 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. Christy Lemire is a longtime film critic who has written for RogerEbert.com since 2013. Theyll just get somebody else. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. %PDF-1.5 % 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 I thats when I learned about the work of Geena in her institute and how important onscreen representation was. A tragic accident leaves an ambitious . GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? You were attached to other projects. 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. Naomi Klein | This Changes Everything I'm Terry Gross. That said, older viewers are likely to have some feedback (as in the passive-aggressive kind of feedback comedian Hannah Gadsby so vividly describes in Nanette) they might wish they could share with the filmmakers. "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. What Shows Have Been Renewed or Canceled. And we started to have meetings with them. And Julie Dash eloquently expresses one of the many reasons it matters to have a woman at the helm: Our camera placement is different because our gaze is different.'. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". 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. [WATCH} 'This Changes Everything' Review: Documentary Takes Hollywood That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. [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.. 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? You know, what we tend to do when we don't succeed is to blame ourselves, and women were so siloed off in this industry we really didn't have any means of communication. Nothing except that climate change changes everything. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. 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. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? He could hardly have timed it . Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. It was just like the way it was, and, you know, being sexy and all that kind of stuff. Did you think of it as there not being enough roles for women in their 40s? But it's profoundly not the case right now. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. 0000004713 00000 n DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. 0000003130 00000 n Nobody complained about anything because you felt that it would damage your career. Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. 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.
