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0000004687 00000 n It is also possible to buy "This Changes Everything" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu as download or rent it on Apple TV . Female. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Watch This Changes Everything | Netflix Were they getting work? 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. German A new nurse at a hospital begins to suspect her colleague's desire for attention may be tied to a series of patient deaths. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. The story goes full circle back to Alberta and what should or needs to be done to combat climate change while dealing with the economy and thus people's short term well-being. And I'd be like, which part exactly? 'This Changes Everything' Review: Hollywood's Men, Called to Action What happened after that? And they got really excited. But that was my plan. Last year, 92 percent of the directors who made the top 250 domestic movies were male. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. 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. 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). The credits mention that 75 percent of the crew working on the film was female, but it sort of seems like a no-brainer to have a woman direct the movie about the fact that women dont direct enough movies. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. . 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 . Greek But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. 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. 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. GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. 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. There are problem areas in terms of style as well as content. Of course, breakout successes like Wonder Woman are finally changing the story, a hopeful message that dominates the docs last act. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. With Reese Witherspoon, Mira Nair, Shonda Rhimes, Tracee Ellis Ross. But on the way, they must confront what it means to be different. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. Like why do I care? From "Thelma & Louise" to "A League of . Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. 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, fr 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. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? This Changes Everything (2018 film) - Wikipedia 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. Change or be changed, but make no mistake, this changes everything.. In October, at a special ceremony, she'll receive an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. By what name was This Changes Everything (2018) officially released in India in English? LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. It often seems that these worlds are completely . Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . After a break, I'll talk more with Geena Davis about her movie career, and Bruce Talamon will talk about taking photos of soul, funk and R&B stars of the '70s . This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. 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: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? So I knew that we could invoke that law to be able to change things in a very significant way. But it was television that showed me there it was another way, and it was a show called MASH. 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. . Well, we call the film This Changes Everything, because its about kind of why that doesnt happen. And for me, it was no big deal to want to take the man until here and try to tell this story. Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. 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. 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. Follow officers from a South Carolina sheriffs department as they urgently search for individuals who've disappeared under troubling circumstances. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. And there's a scene where you come out in - why don't you describe the costume. And we started to have meetings with them. So sue me.) KIMBERLY PIERCE, DIRECTOR, CARRIE: I was being talked to and treated and questioned constantly and indifferently. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. . Representation matters. And I got the part. Catalan DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. She notes how every . 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." 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. We've been talking with actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese about the campaign for more representation of women behind and in front of the camera in movies and TV. Watch all you want. 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. She starts her own organization, the Geena Davis Institute, on gender in media to keep track of the imbalance. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. But I said, at some point, you got to get me into a showgirl costume because it's kind of a fantasy of mine to wear one of those things, you know, with a giant headdress and all that. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. 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 . PG. Catalan This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. 'This Changes Everything': Geena Davis On Empowering Women In - NPR DAVIS: Oh, I don't know which one you mean. And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 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Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. In a dystopian future devastated by air pollution, the survival of humanity depends on the Black Knights and theyre far from your average deliverymen. The musical score, composed by Leigh Roberts and Allison Piccioni, is way too prominent in the mix and by a massive distance much too reminiscent of old-school TV documentaries, underscoring every emotion with obvious musical cues. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. Indeed, Wonder Womans director Patty Jenkins is one of the many voices heard here. She ends up shooting him, and then you both go on the lam because you feel like, who's going to believe you? GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. 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. The coming of sound meant they needed big capital investment. OK. Let me just play a clip from him in the film. French And so it kind of made sense in that way. Now, Davis has lent her own power to Tom Donahue's documentary, " This Changes Everything ," which is designed to shine a more public light on the imbalances both in front of and behind the . MARTIN: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. With "This Changes Everything," a documentary by Lewis and a book by Klein, the duo has reshaped the narrative of climate change. JOIN NOW. 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. He refuses. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful . I always say go through the script and change it. You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. In This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein explores the issue of climate change from a political perspective and considers why we have failed as yet to respond to the global danger it poses. He's got you pinned against a car. Well, get her back. GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. This Changes Everything (R eferred as TCE) Rezvaneh Rezapour, Jana Diesner January 2015 Summary of Project: we study the impact of Naomi Klein's book, This Changes Everything, in . 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. 0000023951 00000 n . 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. MARTIN: In fact, theres a clip for that. And they didn't ask - after I read the part, they didn't ask to see my bathing suit. Tom, do you want to add to that? UV*-Z=mCFv^v -9ty9D,uRT]"-%x78hDntTKtUl1'=;+p#\>sj.`#SZO6:1`]pu*]!!Gqq QhfNtvR1#k. Maleeha Lodhi joins the program to explain tensions between Pakistan and India. DAVIS: Well, you know, we found that for every two speaking male characters, there's one female speaking character, and that there's an appalling amount of hypersexualization of female characters, even in G-rated movies, and the female characters are very often narrowly stereotyped, hypersexualized or not really integral to the plot. 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. So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. None of this information is new, and its been a dismaying trend for decades. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them.

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