And so that was really fun. Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldnt protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friends last wish: sweet revenge. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. 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. 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. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. 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. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. I decided that I would try becoming a model first because, at that time, Christie Brinkley and Lauren Hutton were being offered parts in movies. So do you have any idea where things stand? You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. DAVIS: Exactly. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. About the author. 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. Profoundly, embarrassing few. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. . In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. What happened after that? LA Times. Polish Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. GIESE: Yes, Title VII, which was written into law in 1964 by President Johnson. She's interesting. . In this part of the interview, I'm going to talk more with Davis about her own movie career. 47%. . Film schools are now half female. Here it is. Ukrainian, Arabic Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? 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.". [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.. 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. The result is the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring. So I never thought about it again. SCREENING GUIDES. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. 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. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. And so it's just a battle with yourself the whole time. The Book, Documentary & Impact Project UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. Unions did not allow women because putting women in the unions meant lower pay and lower prestige. So you started your career as a model. But that was my plan. DONAHUE: They cant really complain to their agent or their manager because theyre just going to tell them just go with it, just be quiet. SANDRA OH: Shonda was able to make half of her cast not white. Why dont things change? 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. 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. 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. And it's a buddy movie. 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. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? 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%. Dutch And everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. 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. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? . GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. Can we play that? And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. Transcript A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. Produced with New Plot Films in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, and . 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. Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue I mean you know. -Alice Walker, author and activist, Purposely unsettling Ultimately encouraging But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? . So thats why when it says 75 percent of women made this film, people actually clap at that line at the end. You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. 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. 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? And he just does it. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. This Changes Everything. This Changes Everything. And there's a scene where you come out in - why don't you describe the costume. Emerging economies in the developing world have tried to follow the western model for economic prosperity, with arguably the most marked example of the negative consequences being in China where many cities are continually shrouded in smog, some children in those cities who have never seen a blue sky. 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. 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. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. Which really isn't very old. GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. Finnish But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? This is a rush transcript. TAX ID# 86-1943473, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, PO Box 9615, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701. Be the first to contribute. Now, this changes everything. Kleins urgency and outrage is balanced by meticulous documentation and passionate argument. 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? But thats what we were worried about. DAVIS: It did well. . but like a place where we actually want to live We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. DAVIS: First of all, for the simple fact of fairness, that women deserve to be in half of the positions, you know, and have leadership roles and also be the grip and be on the crew and, you know, use their [13:45:00] talents. This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. There's no question about it. DONAHUE: Well, two things. And we started to have meetings with them. 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. Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' Before the #MeToo movement began, director Tom Donahue began assembling a documentary about gender inequality in Hollywood. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. Audience Score 100+ Ratings. Norwegian MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for 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. Spanish GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. 1 hr 30 min. And when we looked at - when we first looked at TV shows, kids - the ratio of male to female characters on kids programs, specifically made for them, had the worst ratio of male to female characters. And that action alone sent the numbers skyrocketing from 0.5% to 16% in just 10 years from 1985 to 1995. Still. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. . And Im like, yay, I cant wait. We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. 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 think the first thing to change will be on screen. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. (Laughter). It's really fun and incredibly challenging. ("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. 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 . 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. I'm Terry Gross. 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. Its not going to benefit you. DONAHUE: I started the film a year before I actually asked Geena to come on board. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. And I was so shocked when my coach said after just a few months, well, now you've got to start competing. DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. You know, it was, like, an amazing introduction. 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. TV-PG. Im an optimist. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. 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. Also was named Observer Book of the Year and a New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of the Year and Margaret Atwood chose it for The Guardians Best Books of 2014 list. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. Copyright 2019 NPR. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. Featuring interviews with Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Tiffany Haddish, Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes, Jessica Chastain, Yara Shahidi, Chloe Grace Moretz, Amandla Stenberg, Alan Alda, Sandra Oh, Anita Hill, Rashida Jones, Rose McGowan, Judd Apatow, Rosario Dawson, Maria Giese, and many other influential voices in the fight for gender equality. Turkish Tweets by NaomiAKlein. 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 . The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. Here it is. I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. And it was fantastic. Suddenly, they could see what they were doing, and weve yet to leave any meeting where somebody doesnt say, you just changed my project. Portuguese And then Susan Sarandon comes out. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. And I had spent so much time in a field where you're measured by people's judgment, you know, where, you know, you're approved of by others' opinions rather than factual merit. DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. But you could, by answering its call to action. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on. So and it wasnt really until after Me Too and all that happened that we all realized, this is different now. They could say, what was I doing? Did you think of it as there not being enough roles for women in their 40s? And I was counting on my hands as I held her in my lap, and it was horrifying, and I was absolutely stunned. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? Kumi Naidoo,Former Director at Greenpeace International, Genuinely moving We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." Klein and those impassioned protesters provide something that has been in short supply in the predecessors From Thelma & Louise to A League of Their Own, the Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis made her name with her strong female characters. The EEOC functions in total confidentiality. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. Norwegian Turkish Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. In the lawless land of Gando, fierce bandits will stop at nothing to fight for their precious homeland and loved ones even if it means life or death. And I was kind of good at all of it. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. And so I learned at 36 that I actually was coordinated. Finnish So I learned about being a feminist through the activism of a man. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." And then after about a year and a half, they told me they were going to pursue it. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. Theres a lot of talk about change and theres a lot more content being made but a lot of the diversity that happens in content is happening at the lower pay levels. Global Release 2020, 2023 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. It will be on air. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. Chinese Simple DAVIS: Not at all. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? . What are we doing? GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. GROSS: Geena Davis, let me bring you back into the conversation. 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