And - but nobody, and least of all him, nobody ever said, you realize you don't have to come every day? MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. Italian, Japanese MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. 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 . Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. 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. GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. Look at what FX did. DAVIS: Not at all. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. GROSS: So what was your strategy to try to open the door to more women directors? It will be on air. I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? 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. 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. . Finnish 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. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. DONAHUE: Well, because they even if its unconscious, theyre still embarrassed and I think their legal departments also said, dont go on the record about this. The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Documentaries. And I was like, you know, I was a huge fan of "GLOW" and very much wanted to do it. Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. LANDGRAF: The minute we open our door and we say, come express it here, the work got better. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. 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. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. Lithuanian MARTIN: Well, you do interview one executive, the head of FX, John Landgraf. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. 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. 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. We've been talking with actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese about the campaign for more representation of women behind and in front of the camera in movies and TV. 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 hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. And it hasnt changed in all that time. GROSS: Well, what was wrong with that plan? DONAHUE: They tend to deny the problem after seeing the film. Italian Here it is. I felt very unhappy with having that sort of imposed on me by other people. Swedish 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. Prior to the worldwide publication of This Changes Everything, Naomi filmed a one and a half minute book trailer that highlighted the main themes of the book. So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. 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. Its the chivalry of the 21st century.. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. DAVIS: Yeah, it's very centering and focusing. Greek ', A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . Theyll just get somebody else. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. I could do that too. This is FRESH AIR. So they were driven out of the unions. . . Greek GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. I never got another paying job. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. SCREENING GUIDES. Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. 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. And for me, it was no big deal to want to take the man until here and try to tell this story. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. DAVIS: Well, thats what I was saying about earlier, it is a different time now that you actually can talk about these things and not suffer repercussions. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? We were made to feel very dispensable. So I learned about being a feminist through the activism of a man. . In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. I haven't really ever had to describe what it's about. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . . 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. And my friend and I acted out your trip. I'm wondering what impact you think that might be having on the inclusion issue because we've seen how some men in Hollywood have misused their power to assault or harass women. You used to make a movie a year. I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." DONAHUE: Sure. GROSS: came into play here, too, because there's more of you for Dustin Hoffman to be fazed by when he walks in. 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. Change or be changed, but make no mistake, this changes everything.. Bulgarian [1] An examination of sexism in the Hollywood film industry, the film interviews a variety of actresses and women filmmakers on their experiences in the industry. . And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. 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. In October, at a special ceremony, she'll receive an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. Ukrainian. But it didnt take her long to realize that she was the exception and not the rule. Well, it meant a little ironically. Portuguese 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. And you say in the film that you were watching something with your daughter. 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 there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. This is a rush transcript. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . 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. And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. . 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. Slovene My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. MARTIN: Really? So I never thought about it again. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. Turkish And so I did. But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. Korean 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. Copyright 2019 NPR. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. No, I didn't think, oh, it's me, at all. I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. . DAVIS: Well, no, no. [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.. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. And it was fantastic. 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. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. She founded an institute, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. 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. 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. 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 result is the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. Slovene 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. So let me just play that clip. Suddenly, they could see what they were doing, and weve yet to leave any meeting where somebody doesnt say, you just changed my project. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was very lucky because Greys Anatomy was developed under the network presence. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein's international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful 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. 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. But you could, by answering its call to action. Directed by Avi Lewis Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). 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. This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? This Changes Everything. 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . And I was kind of good at all of it. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? Accuracy and availability may vary. And so it's just a battle with yourself the whole time. Norwegian So, like, it seems like a lot of the change is happening from women like that who are creating the change themselves. Dutch 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. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. We'll be right back. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Feud is so, so good. She's in Paris. a scene from This Changes Everything, the documentary. 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. 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. -Alice Walker, author and activist, Purposely unsettling Ultimately encouraging So I think that's a big change that's happened. And I thought, OK, well, I'll just become a model, and then they'll just offer me parts because obviously it's so much easier to become a supermodel (laughter). You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. 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