About the author. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. So its kind of working. Written with an elegant blend of science, statistics, field reports and personal insight, it does not paralyze but buoys the reader. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? GROSS: Well, what was wrong with that plan? Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. Presenting portraits of communities on the front lines, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. And then after about a year and a half, they told me they were going to pursue it. Korean Directed by Avi Lewis But were not hearing womens voices or seeing the stories told through the female gaze when there are so few female directors. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. This is FRESH AIR. The epitome of WTF? Turkish GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. 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. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. This Changes Everything (2015) Plot Showing all 3 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Summaries 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. Not rated. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. The coming of sound meant they needed big capital investment. Theyll just get somebody else. I'm Terry Gross. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. You had a small role. Nobody complained about anything because you felt that it would damage your career. So I never thought about it again. This is the 21st century. But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. Film schools are now half female. 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: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. By Joel Horwood. GIESE: Well, that was the thing. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. So do you have any idea where things stand? 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. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. 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. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. But the documentary "This Changes Everything" synthesizes all that data along with interviews from a truly mind-boggling array of A-listers both in front of and behind the camera to create a damning portrait of Hollywood's systematic sexism and discrimination. . My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." DAVIS: It did well. Profoundly, embarrassing few. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? 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. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. It was just like the way it was, and, you know, being sexy and all that kind of stuff. 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 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. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. 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. A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. And I was counting on my hands as I held her in my lap, and it was horrifying, and I was absolutely stunned. DONAHUE: Well, two things. And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. It will be on air. All but one of the women were interviewed for this film, and Donahue takes his time to carefully lay out the details and takeaways of their efforts (which led the D.G.A. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? 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. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out for being a woman. The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. She's interesting. What happened was when I was in Thelma & Louise, after Thelma & Louise came out, a lot of the press was talking about, this is going to change everything. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. Theres no one they can complain to. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. 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). They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". And then the second thing were unions. Bosnian If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. I mean you know. Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf (PDFy mirror) Publication date 2014-01-01 Topics mirror, pdf.yt Collection pdfymirrors; additional_collections Language English This public document was automatically mirrored from PDFy. And we started to have meetings with them. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 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. Once it finally begins to focus on the mission, however, This Changes Everything not only becomes engrossing but reveals itself as a crucial cri de coeur. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. So I think that's a big change that's happened. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Kleins international non-fiction bestsellerThis Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montanas Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. 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. You were signed to a big agency. - three years and seven months going. DAVIS: Well, it was completely random in some ways. GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . Norwegian And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. You can pick up a lot on a set. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. Tom, do you want to add to that? MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. It takes a bit of time for the documentary to find its groove. 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. -Entertainment Weekly DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. 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. Be the first to contribute. Why dont things change? And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. This Changes Everything. And Im like, yay, I cant wait. . And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. 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. Which is why none of them appeared in this film? 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. This is FRESH AIR. TV-PG. 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. Kleins urgency and outrage is balanced by meticulous documentation and passionate argument. Watch all you want. This Changes Everything August 31, 2015 We're excited to share the official poster for This Changes Everything the documentary! Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? Copyright 2019 NPR. 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? Now, this changes everything. Its not about carbonits about capitalism. . What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? 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. 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. DAVIS: Well, it did in a way. Norwegian 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. DAVIS: They do. Transcript A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. 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. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. We have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. This Changes Everything | A book, film and engagement project about why the climate crisis is the best opportunity we've ever had to build a better world. So theres something really deep and systemic going on. DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). 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%. And so that was really fun. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. . She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. Unlike many works about the climate crisis, this is not a film that tries to scare the audience into action: it aims to empower. I was a feminist since I was 10-years-old because I came from a very right-wing family. YES Magazine Polish GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. After we take a short break, we'll hear from photographer Bruce Talamon, whose photos of soul, funk and R&B stars of the '70s and early '80s are collected in a book. 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