And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. 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. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. He refuses. 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. She's interesting. The film is a Canada-United States coproduction. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. So its kind of working. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. 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. Yeah. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic 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. 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. Bosnian . JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. . And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. She's got a handgun, pulls it on him, asks him to apologize. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. What is the connection? MARTIN: You know one of the things that really fascinated me about the film is that you point out it wasnt always this way. 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). 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. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? Bosnian GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. But I loved it. This Changes Everything takes an incisive look into the male-dominated film industry to examine those forces - both conscious and unconscious - that continue to foster the systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women. 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. And it's a buddy movie. Romanian But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. But it's profoundly not the case right now. that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. Danish This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/movies/this-changes-everything-review.html. 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. You putting men in charge basically driving women and people of color out. 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. A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. 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. Copyright 2019 NPR. Ukrainian. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. Bulgarian Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on. So I thats when I learned about the work of Geena in her institute and how important onscreen representation was. 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. In the course of this struggle, they help ignite a nationwide movement. Its always been that way. Which is why none of them appeared in this film? And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. I went down to the downtown LA courthouse, and I found that six very courageous women in the Directors Guild in 1979 had got the DGA, our union, to file a class action lawsuit against several major studios. Most fascinating is an examination of the six women who in 1979 founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee, which sought to investigate the hiring practices of studios. And that was an extraordinary triumph. AMANPOUR: Let me just give some of the statistics that you cite in the film. And everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. And she demonstrates precisely why the market has notand cannotfix the climate crisis but will instead make things worse, with ever more extreme and ecologically damaging extraction methods, accompanied by rampant disaster capitalism. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? 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. MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. 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. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. 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. This Changes Everything. LANDGRAF: And Im here to say its there. 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. So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic disparities on screen. And womens films do make more money and have, I think, over the last three years. 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. French Russian So I knew that we could invoke that law to be able to change things in a very significant way. Catalan Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to get the actual data comparing the number and types of male and female roles and to use that data to convince the industry of the need for change. . Director Tom Donahue Stars Reese Witherspoon Mira Nair No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. Were they getting work? I get to be a doctor. This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. but like a place where we actually want to live Didnt seem to happen. This Changes Everything August 31, 2015 We're excited to share the official poster for This Changes Everything the documentary! Will this film change everything? A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. Croatian Chinese Simple Norwegian Oh, we forgot. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. But thats what we were worried about. LA Times. And you try really hard to, like, throw him off of you. Nothing is certain. This was my plan (laughter). . And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. For the rest of us, This Changes Everything will frustrate, enrage and maybe even inspire. 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. And it hasnt changed in all that time. 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. And why does that matter? . But we were stunned at the reaction that was instant - cover of Time magazine and all that stuff. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. MARTIN: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. GROSS: In "A League Of Their Own." 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. Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. She's featured in the movie and as an executive producer of the film. It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. Absolutely not. DAVIS: They do. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. From left, Joelle Dobrow, Nell Cox, Susan Nimoy, Dolores Ferraro, Lynne Littman and Victoria Hochberg in 1980. But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. So they were driven out of the unions. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. It often seems that these worlds are completely . So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. So I did. Slovene Nothing except that climate change changes everything. 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. . to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. This Changes Everything. . 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. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. This is FRESH AIR. MARTIN: Really? Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. DAVIS: Oh, I don't know which one you mean. And my friend and I acted out your trip. GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. And then Susan Sarandon comes out. ("This Changes Everything" features interviews with Callie Khouri, Kimberly Peirce, Sharon Stone, Amber Tamblyn, Rose McGowen, Amandla Stenberg, Chloe Grace Moretz, Taraji P. Henson, Natalie. DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? The Film thischangeseverything.org Press Kit Aug. 05 2015 5 About the book The feature documentary was inspired by award-winning author Naomi Klein's critically acclaimed worldwide bestselling non-fiction book This Changes Everything. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. What happened after that? Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. YES Magazine . DONAHUE: Well, because they even if its unconscious, theyre still embarrassed and I think their legal departments also said, dont go on the record about this. German Be the first to contribute. The EEOC functions in total confidentiality. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. 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. Well, it meant a little ironically. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? 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 I was so shocked when my coach said after just a few months, well, now you've got to start competing. [2] Kumi Naidoo,Former Director at Greenpeace International, Genuinely moving A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Dutch Documentary. 24 female police officers, firefighters, bodyguards, soldiers, athletes and stuntwomen team up by profession to compete for survival on a remote island. Its not about carbonits about capitalism. This Changes Everything. Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Naomi Klein's narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Forget everything you think you know about global warming. GIESE: You know, I did a lot of script writing and doctoring and - but no, no primetime TV shows, even though I observed for hundreds of hours on major TV shows like Dick Wolf's "Law & Order.". You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. Spanish Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. You know, it was, like, an amazing introduction. 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. Overview. Greek At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. There's also people like Ryan Murphy, who has that initiative called Half, where he just decided and announced that half of his cast and crew were always going to be female. And for a very brief time, the nature of that change is still up to us. And that action alone sent the numbers skyrocketing from 0.5% to 16% in just 10 years from 1985 to 1995. . Swedish DAVIS: Absolutely, which is fantastic. 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 . Provocative, compelling, and accessible to even the most climate-fatigued viewers,This Changes Everythingwill leave you refreshed and inspired, reflecting on the ties between us, the kind of lives we really want, and why the climate crisis is at the centre of it all. And that's what I set my mind to do. [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: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. How did you take up archery? Why dont things change? Watch all you want. GIESE: Well, that was the thing. 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. 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. So I started making this movie. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. And it seemed that, in the 21st century, this was a horrible message to be sending and very shocking. Profoundly, embarrassing few. Italian It'll ruin your career was the thinking. Greek They founded the Directors Guild of Americas Womens Steering Committee in 1979. Lithuanian NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. (Laughter). CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. 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. Unions did not allow women because putting women in the unions meant lower pay and lower prestige. That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. Well, do they have any photos of her in a bathing suit? Watch all you want. namely, a modicum of hope for the future 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. The coming of sound meant they needed big capital investment. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? DONAHUE: Well, two things. You can pick up a lot on a set. And so I thought, this is an enormous problem if we are training kids from the beginning that girls are second-class citizens. . JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. 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. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? This is FRESH AIR. Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. And so it was something they had no idea they were doing, and the data changed everything for them. Portuguese So it was all very shocking and great because what it really - well, first of all, I'll tell you how it affected me. We were made to feel very dispensable. A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. And I was horrified. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. Buy now. Catalan Norwegian DAVIS: Oh, no. . 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. The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? 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. So you started your career as a model. 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. Polish He's got you pinned against a car. 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