1 hr 30 min. The film is a Canada-United States coproduction. (Laughter). GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? 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. And he just does it. You putting men in charge basically driving women and people of color out. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. 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. Bosnian GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. She's interesting. The women have guns. 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. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. Finnish UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. So I gathered all my articles and all the work that I had done, and I had even written the beginnings of a legal brief, and I brought it to the ACLU, where I met Melissa Goodman and Ariela Migdal. And she doesnt know its her period because she had never been taught that by her mother. He said no, that's the whole point is competing. I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. There's far fewer movies with a female lead character. 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). This is a rush transcript. DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. 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 . The film brings Naomi Klein's radical, inspiring thesis to life through a connective thread of stories from people living and working on the front . I thought, this is incredibly unfair, and I don't want other people deciding that I have to work less, you know, and taking away opportunities. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. -Entertainment Weekly Catalan French VarietyMagazine, If you care about justice you must see this. 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. I always say go through the script and change it. Geena, I want to start with you. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? Be the first to contribute. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. 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. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. 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. 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. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. 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. This Changes Everything Directed by: Tom Donahue Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue 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 Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. It will be on air. Why dont things change? And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. Script extract. Korean 56%. A look at seven communities around the world with the proposition that we can seize the crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Original filename: Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf URL: https://pdf.yt/d/Skb-ch_k7psDm90Q The Book, Documentary & Impact Project AMANPOUR: Let me just give some of the statistics that you cite in the film. Film schools are now half female. Directed by Avi Lewis (AFI Festival award-winner The Take) and inspired by the New York Times-bestselling book by Naomi Klein, the feature documentary This Changes Everything will launch in 2015. And they didn't ask - after I read the part, they didn't ask to see my bathing suit. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. What happened after that? I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. DONAHUE: Yes. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. 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. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. Theyll just get somebody else. And then the second thing were unions. LA Times. Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. In 2014, the book won the Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Canadas most prestigious award for non-fiction. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. How did you take up archery? But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? Dutch . 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 that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is not a production company or talent agency.The organization does not solicit or accept autograph requests, manuscripts, project ideas, or other similar materials.If any such information is sent to us, we will return the material unread. We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." MARTIN: So you can see it with kids entertainment? Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. 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. . 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. . And - but nobody, and least of all him, nobody ever said, you realize you don't have to come every day? Danish GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. Spanish Oh, no, we can't. 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. As an asteroid hurtles towards Earth with nothing to stop it, one determined teacher fights to keep her former students safe no matter the cost. So do you have any idea where things stand? 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. . 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. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? 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. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. Russian Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. 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. 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. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? . - because it was a big hit. So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. GIESE: Yes, Title VII, which was written into law in 1964 by President Johnson. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. MARTIN: Really? But it didnt take her long to realize that she was the exception and not the rule. 'This Changes Everything' Review: Compelling Documentary Tackles Hollywood Gender Inequality Head-On By Pete Hammond July 18, 2019 4:17pm At one point in the powerful and fascinating new. . 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. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Kleins narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. 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. Turkish Were they getting work? Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. 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. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. And so it was something they had no idea they were doing, and the data changed everything for them. 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. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. Whats your first name? Polish Dutch The documentary This Changes Everything gives audiences a look at how the tropes of "the girlfriend," the "useless chick," and the beauty who needs to "be saved" are still alive and well. 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. 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. Danish That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. Ukrainian, Arabic And she's been dedicated to equality for women, more roles for women in Hollywood. He's got you pinned against a car. I never got another paying job. 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 that was an extraordinary triumph. DAVIS: Exactly. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. But it's profoundly not the case right now. 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. All rights reserved. MARTIN: You know one of the things that really fascinated me about the film is that you point out it wasnt always this way. 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. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. Heart and mind go hand in hand in this magisterial response to a present crisis., We lack the collective spaces in which to confront the raw terror of ecocide, is how Klein encapsulates the problem. And for me, it was no big deal to want to take the man until here and try to tell this story. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. Watch all you want. 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, theres a clip for that. KIMBERLY PIERCE, DIRECTOR, CARRIE: I was being talked to and treated and questioned constantly and indifferently. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. GROSS: So you and your friend, played by Susan Sarandon - they go on a trip together, have a lot of drinks in a bar, guy comes up to you, asked to dance with you. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. 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. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? Can you talk about that? And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. French Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. 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. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. 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. Most importantly, the film seeks pathways and solutions from within and outside the industry, and around the world. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . 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. 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. DAVIS: They do. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. You were attached to other projects. Anyone can read what you share. She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. 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 then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. 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. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. 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. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. DONAHUE: But also, Reese Witherspoon says in the film that sometimes she would go on set and it would be 115 men and she would be the only woman. She braids together the science, psychology, geopolitics, economics, ethics and activism that shape the climate question. GROSS: And you even competed to be on the Olympic archery team. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. She's got a handgun, pulls it on him, asks him to apologize. Swedish She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." 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. . And, you know, being harassed and all kinds of things going on, being not listened to, talked down to, all that stuff. She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. Reese Witherspoon: The basis of your thinking is determined by the first images you see; whose values are important and whose stories are important, and that's what we're teaching little girls and little boys. 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." DAVIS: It did well. And so thats what I did and, in fact, its proven that theyre incredibly grateful and horrified and embarrassed. You had a small role. Bulgarian . They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. 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. I'm sure it made a lot of money. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldnt protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friends last wish: sweet revenge. She starts her own organization, the Geena Davis Institute, on gender in media to keep track of the imbalance. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? Thelma & Louise was supposed to have done it. 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. 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. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. I mean you know. This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. 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. This Changes Everything 2018, Documentary, 1h 37m 88% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 100% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings Where to watch Rent/buy Subscription Rent/buy Rent/buy Want to. 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. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. DAVIS: Hopefully not. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. Global Release 2020, 2023 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. . Buy now. Director Avi Lewis Writer Nobody was going into this thinking, oh, we're going to really make a statement with this, or this is going to be a powerful message for anybody. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. . 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. 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. And I went, and they said, wear a bathing suit under your clothes because if you do well at the reading, they'll ask to see you in your bathing suit. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' Before the #MeToo movement began, director Tom Donahue began assembling a documentary about gender inequality in Hollywood. 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. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. This Changes Everything August 31, 2015 We're excited to share the official poster for This Changes Everything the documentary! Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. I'm talking about family-rated films. . MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." 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. So they were driven out of the unions. Bosnian Thats the problem. So its kind of working. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. 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. I'm Terry Gross. . Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. 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. A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? 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 . So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). 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? LANDGRAF: And Im here to say its there. And so it kind of made sense in that way. So I decided I wanted to take up a sport in the real-life way and not the movie version. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. And why does that matter? Klein and those impassioned protesters provide something that has been in short supply in the predecessors

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