So thats why when it says 75 percent of women made this film, people actually clap at that line at the end. 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 Turkish Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. And for a very brief time, the nature of that change is still up to us. 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. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. Why dont things change? What were you looking for and what did you come away with? Some positive developments are shown in China and Germany specifically. 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. Geena, I want to start with you. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. You were working with Dustin Hoffman. Audience Score 100+ Ratings. Nothing except that climate change changes everything. She's featured in the movie and as an executive producer of the film. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. And so it's just a battle with yourself the whole time. Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. 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. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Ditto The First Wives Club, and, more recently, Frozen and Hidden Figures.. Japanese 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. 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 . So its kind of working. Polish You had a small role. . In this part of the interview, I'm going to talk more with Davis about her own movie career. You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Can you talk about that? There's no question about it. Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. 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. This Changes Everything. Buy now. Thats the problem. This Changes Everything is a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core free market ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. German This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. 24 female police officers, firefighters, bodyguards, soldiers, athletes and stuntwomen team up by profession to compete for survival on a remote island. LA Times. The EEOC functions in total confidentiality. 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. Look at what FX did. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? '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. DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. I'm sure it made a lot of money. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. MARTIN: But there are a number of women who are interviewed in this film whose careers have been damaged by speaking out. Well, it meant a little ironically. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. DAVIS: Well, no, no. GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. And two and a half years later, I was a semifinalist for the Olympic trials. Theyll just get somebody else. I haven't really ever had to describe what it's about. Here it is. [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.. Russian Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. And we started to have meetings with them. This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/movies/this-changes-everything-review.html. 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. 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. Women are socialized to go along with the dominant patriarch. . DONAHUE: Hopefully not. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. 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. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. 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. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. Korean But we were stunned at the reaction that was instant - cover of Time magazine and all that stuff. As the staggering statistics on gender parity continue to demonstrate, though, not much has changed. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. Yeah. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Kleins narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. This Changes Everything August 31, 2015 We're excited to share the official poster for This Changes Everything the documentary! And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. Globe & Mail All rights reserved. We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." It's about two women who grab ahold of their fate and refuse to relinquish control no matter how far it takes them, that they remain in charge of their destiny. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. Crystal, a young indigenous leader in Tar Sands country, as she fights for access to a restricted military base in search of answers about an environmental disaster in progress. Im an optimist. 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. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. Romanian GROSS: Geena Davis, let me bring you back into the conversation. MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. 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. So it was all very shocking and great because what it really - well, first of all, I'll tell you how it affected me. 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. Were they getting work? Determined to provide a ray of light for those under her care, a young nurse navigates the world of mental health and the diverse stories surrounding it. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in community screenings around the world. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. Chinese Complex 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. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. 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. JOIN NOW. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. 56%. MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? From Thelma & Louise to A League of Their Own, the Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis made her name with her strong female characters. This is a rush transcript. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic 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. And it also struck a nerve that none of us expected. There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. 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