And so I did. 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 DAVIS: Exactly. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. JOIN NOW. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? -Entertainment Weekly And everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. This Changes Everything 2018 TV-PG 1 h 36 m IMDb RATING 7.7 /10 1.8K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 1:59 4 Videos 19 Photos Documentary An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. So I did. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. 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. 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, Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres, Late Night with Seth Meyers: Milo Ventimiglia/Geena Davis/Ex Hex/Julian Dorio. 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. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. The realization that a solution is possible, well, that changes everything The first film you directed was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? And a lot of men would say to me when I was making the film, Well, the problem is you just follow the money. If women films made more money, of course, there would be more women films. 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? [1] 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. 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, from Anita Hill. 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. In the course of this struggle, they help ignite a nationwide movement. And so that was really fun. . And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. 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. [2] 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. She ends up shooting him, and then you both go on the lam because you feel like, who's going to believe you? 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%. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' Before the #MeToo movement began, director Tom Donahue began assembling a documentary about gender inequality in Hollywood. 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. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? Not rated. This Changes Everything. . Well, it meant a little ironically. And there's a scene where you come out in - why don't you describe the costume. GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. Ukrainian. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Kleins narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. 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. Produced with New Plot Films in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, and . Was it a centering thing for you - focus? Nothing is certain. No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. Globe & Mail And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. Chinese Complex And then after about a year and a half, they told me they were going to pursue it. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. JOIN NOW. So I started making this movie. And Kim and I are sitting there going like, well, respectfully, I dont think you know what youre talking about. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. . We'll be right back. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. 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? We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." Why dont things change? 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. Why hasnt it changed before now? Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. Swedish A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. So and it wasnt really until after Me Too and all that happened that we all realized, this is different now. When Dani Arnold broke Ueli Steck's speed record climbing the Eiger in 2011, it sparked a duel between them across the six great north faces of the Alps. 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. DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. . I'm Terry Gross. 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. GROSS: If you're just joining us, my guests are both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in Hollywood. 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. Lucky for everybody then that opening up such spaces is exactly what Klein does best., This is the best book about climate change in a very long timein large part because its about much more. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. From left, Joelle Dobrow, Nell Cox, Susan Nimoy, Dolores Ferraro, Lynne Littman and Victoria Hochberg in 1980. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. Watch all you want. Romanian Channeling the hurried nature of a TV docuseries edited to cover an extremely broad topic in a limited amount of time, the first act layers a lot of too-brief sound bites albeit from an impressive array of influential women, including Reese Witherspoon and Shonda Rhimes over movie clips emphasizing the prevalence of machismo and misogyny (The Godfather, for example) to almost dizzying effect. Thats the problem. And she documents the inspiring movements that have already begun this process: communities that are not just refusing to be sites of further fossil fuel extraction but are building the next, regeneration-based economies right now. Didnt seem to happen. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. Synopsis 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. And I think thats but also part of it is that my peers and I felt like you cannot complain about any of this because they wont hire you. 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). You say in almost 100 years, only one woman has won an academy award for best director. 2019 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. Anyone can read what you share. . 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. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. This is FRESH AIR. But we were stunned at the reaction that was instant - cover of Time magazine and all that stuff. 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. 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 This Changes Everything. 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 . 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. 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. 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. You were attached to other projects. Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. Danish DAVIS: Well, no, no. GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. We were made to feel very dispensable. 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. I'm talking about family-rated films. MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. And it also struck a nerve that none of us expected. 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. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue I get to be a doctor. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . Nobody complained about anything because you felt that it would damage your career. What have they each done? Italian And I was - well, I was mostly thrilled that my first job was not playing, you know, a corpse in a morgue on a soap opera or something. Directed by Avi Lewis MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? Like why do I care? I - my daughter was a toddler, and I decided she was old enough to start watching preschool shows. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. You had a small role. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. Bring me my tiny violin. And, you know, being harassed and all kinds of things going on, being not listened to, talked down to, all that stuff. Suddenly, they could see what they were doing, and weve yet to leave any meeting where somebody doesnt say, you just changed my project. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? 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. A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. Nothing except that climate change changes everything. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. 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. Well, we call the film This Changes Everything, because its about kind of why that doesnt happen. French An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life. I knew I wanted to be in movies, as opposed to theater. German A parallel issue to what we've been talking about - we've been talking about inclusion of women - parallel issue is the predatory behavior of certain men in Hollywood - directors, actors, heads of companies. And then Susan Sarandon comes out. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. DAVIS: Not at all. DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldnt protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friends last wish: sweet revenge. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. Melachrini, a housewife in Northern Greece where economic crisis is being used to justify mining and drilling projects that threaten the mountains, seas, and tourism economy. Chinese Complex The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. 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. You can pick up a lot on a set. By Joel Horwood. MARTIN: Really? You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. 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. Can you talk about that? LA Times. 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. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." . But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. 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. About the author. And you say in the film that you were watching something with your daughter. So you started your career as a model. 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. 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