this changes everything documentary transcript

But were not hearing womens voices or seeing the stories told through the female gaze when there are so few female directors. And very quickly, the coaches were saying, you know, you have a lot of untapped athletic ability. Yet we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. . Downloads only available on ad-free plans. SANDRA OH: Shonda was able to make half of her cast not white. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. 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%. 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. 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentaries. It's really fun and incredibly challenging. And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. 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. 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. She, along with many others, weighs in on the need to offer little girls and boys a chance to see that women can be the heroes, the protagonists, the lead figures in the stories we tell. 0000010674 00000 n I get to have opinions, I get to be smart. 0000006173 00000 n It was just like the way it was, and, you know, being sexy and all that kind of stuff. But it didnt take her long to realize that she was the exception and not the rule. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. 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. 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 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. GROSS: How did you decide to create your institute? DAVIS: Yes. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. There are problem areas in terms of style as well as content. The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. We'll be right back. And then I saw it everywhere. Polish [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.. 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And I'd like to see if I could do that. Executive producers: Geena Davis, Regina K. Scully, Ku-ling Yurman, Madeline Di Nonno, Steve Edwards, Jennie Peters, Simone Pero, Patty Casby So I knew that we could invoke that law to be able to change things in a very significant way. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? A.I. GIESE: Yes, Title VII, which was written into law in 1964 by President Johnson. Producers: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue This was my plan (laughter). DAVIS: Exactly. It often seems that these worlds are completely . The film is at its best when it gives the smart, talented, diverse collection of women the opportunity to tell their stories, relive their battles and share their feelings. But to such diverse representation up on screens, battles must be fought, executives persuaded and, most of all, women hired to write, direct, produce and advocate for such stories in the first place. :{v^ L @";+Z\\UrcK+IK6z3uI+1| x;B It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. 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. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. DAVIS: Absolutely, which is fantastic. 0000006562 00000 n This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. AMANPOUR: Let me just give some of the statistics that you cite in the film. Documentary . From "Thelma & Louise" to "A League of . Thats the problem. . Most importantly, the film seeks pathways and solutions from within and outside the industry, and around the world. AMANPOUR: Yes. 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 Hollywoods systematic sexism and discrimination. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. I'm talking about family-rated films. Since then it has been shown 1000s of times in . And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. 0000049399 00000 n So it was all very shocking and great because what it really - well, first of all, I'll tell you how it affected me. Production company: Creative Chaos Ventures UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. DONAHUE: Sure. They could say, what was I doing? So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. Romanian For more details, visit the official This Changes Everything website, where youll find more Press information and Endnotes. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. The title of the doc actually refers to the many false dawns of hope, for example after the surprise success of Thelma & Louise (1991), which observers at the time took to augur impending change. 0000002423 00000 n 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. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? a scene from This Changes Everything, the documentary. This Changes Everything is a documentary directed by Tom Donahue that examines and reflects upon the gender disparity within the entertainment industry. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on. That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. Now, Davis has lent her own power to Tom Donahue's documentary, " This Changes Everything ," which is designed to shine a more public light on the imbalances both in front of and behind the . An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. Japanese Chinese Complex I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. . And - but nobody, and least of all him, nobody ever said, you realize you don't have to come every day? . 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." 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. Greek We were made to feel very dispensable. And everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. This Changes Everything March 10, 2015. 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. It will be on air. How did you take up archery? 0000044922 00000 n He said no, that's the whole point is competing. Rent. She ends up shooting him, and then you both go on the lam because you feel like, who's going to believe you? The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? And that was an extraordinary triumph. So I had been very unathletic as a kid. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. He's got you pinned against a car. 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. 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. GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. 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. But I loved it. GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. The numbers have obviously not improved for decades. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. A military-trained assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she's never met from ruthless criminals gunning for revenge. PG. Available on Tubi TV, Plex. MARTIN: You know one of the things that really fascinated me about the film is that you point out it wasnt always this way. 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. Turkish DAVIS: I think partly, back when I started, I wasnt thinking about that, even. 1h 37min. Sandra Oh speaks movingly about the importance of seeing actresses who looked like her for the first time in The Joy Luck Club. And Tiffany Haddishtotally unsurprisinglygets the biggest laughs of all when she recalls the thrill of seeing Diahann Carroll stride into a room and start a catfight with Joan Collins on Dynasty., Behind the scenes, This Changes Everything offers several nuggets that are both illuminating and infuriating. Can you talk about that? It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. 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? Kimberly Peirce talks about how it took her nine years to make her second feature after her critically acclaimed debut, Boys Dont Cry, which earned Hilary Swank a best-actress Oscar. 0000003130 00000 n 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. First Look: This Changes Everything, the Documentary. GROSS: And you even competed to be on the Olympic archery team. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? 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. GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. And so it kind of made sense in that way. The film presents seven portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana's Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. Dutch She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. 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. Better yet, it also explains how folks are now pushing back and using the law, media pressure and other forms of recourse to change the numbers. She's interesting. Well, get her back. 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. Portuguese Profoundly, embarrassing few. 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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.". You can pick up a lot on a set. She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. This is FRESH AIR. Reunited as adults, two childhood friends fall madly in love and won't let anything not even death tear them apart, in this supernatural love story. 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. Ba ba ba ba 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. A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. Michel Martin sits down with Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis and director Tom Donahue to discuss their new film This Changes Everything, which tackles the need for more female representation in media. 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. 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. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Finally, inevitably, there will be viewers who may feel understandably perplexed as to why, even though an end credit points out that 75 percent of the crew that worked on this film was female, its still a man getting the directors credit here, and a man (Stefano Ferrari) taking the director of photography credit, especially when there are so many outstanding female cinematographers emerging now. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. She notes how every . And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. MARIA GIESE: My first feature film directing job out of graduate film school was in England, not in the United States. What have they each done? And it's a buddy movie. And for a very brief time, the nature of that change is still up to us. Bring me my tiny violin. She starts her own organization, the Geena Davis Institute, on gender in media to keep track of the imbalance. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. But that was my plan. He refuses. Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Henson revel in revealing how theyll take an empty, clichd girlfriend part, then twist it and tweak it into a character whos far more interesting. Spanish They've dispensed with the alarmist rhetoric surrounding the . Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. Advertisement. Please forgive an old lady over here if I say I think Ive seen this one before and know how it ends. 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 .
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