Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. And for me, the word feminist was a bad word in my house. DAVIS: In "A League Of Their Own," yeah. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. 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. DAVIS: Oh, so - gosh. 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. So do you have any idea where things stand? The feature documentary, This Changes Everything, narrated by Naomi and directed by Avi Lewis,premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Oscar Winning Director Alfonso Cuarn, and executive producers Seth Macfarlane, Shepard Fairey, and Danny Glover. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. . And I started to do research. DAVIS: Oh, no. After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. So I did. 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. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. 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. LA Times. MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Geena Davis, Tom Donahue, thank you so much for talking to us. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? Oh, no, we can't. Japanese Klein argues that the changes to our relationship with nature and one another that are required to respond to the climate crisis humanely should not be viewed as grim penance, but rather as a kind of gifta catalyst to transform broken economic and cultural priorities and to heal long-festering historical wounds. It was my first audition, and they had called model agencies to say, send any models who can act for an audition. You say in almost 100 years, only one woman has won an academy award for best director. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. 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. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this powerful documentary. The epitome of WTF? DAVIS: Well, you know, we found that for every two speaking male characters, there's one female speaking character, and that there's an appalling amount of hypersexualization of female characters, even in G-rated movies, and the female characters are very often narrowly stereotyped, hypersexualized or not really integral to the plot. 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. 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 then the second thing were unions. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. 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. Tom, do you want to add to that? This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. I get to be a doctor. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. We have been told its impossible to get off fossil fuels when in fact we know exactly how to do itit just requires breaking every rule in the free-market playbook: reining in corporate power, rebuilding local economies, and reclaiming our democracies. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. Yeah. GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. You were working with Dustin Hoffman. Produced with New Plot Films in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, and . GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. A lot of negative reaction in the press too like, oh, no, the world is ruined now. And you wouldnt know it because of how it turns out, four percent post his school. GROSS: In "A League Of Their Own." Kleins urgency and outrage is balanced by meticulous documentation and passionate argument. Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 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. Be the first to contribute. In October, at a special ceremony, she'll receive an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. And so it kind of made sense in that way. And the ending's kind of similar, where, you know, they kind of ride off a cliff, and you drive off a cliff. 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. Swedish 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 ("This Changes Everything" features interviews with Callie Khouri, Kimberly Peirce, Sharon Stone, Amber Tamblyn, Rose McGowen, Amandla Stenberg, Chloe Grace Moretz, Taraji P. Henson, Natalie. 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 always say go through the script and change it. And I was kind of good at all of it. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. I very much expected that that would not be the case. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. And she doesnt know its her period because she had never been taught that by her mother. He refuses. MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. 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. AMANPOUR: Let me just give some of the statistics that you cite in the film. So, like, it seems like a lot of the change is happening from women like that who are creating the change themselves. I showed her, you know, G-rated videos and little kids movies and TV shows - and, you know, obviously, there's some exceptions to that. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). Bosnian She braids together the science, psychology, geopolitics, economics, ethics and activism that shape the climate question. Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. 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 . DAVIS: Well, it did in a way. 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. So I thats when I learned about the work of Geena in her institute and how important onscreen representation was. DONAHUE: Sure. But this struck me very deeply that we're training kids from the beginning, from minute one of absorbing popular culture, that women and girls are not as important as men and boys, and they're not as valuable to our society as men and boys. But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. . . Danish A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. 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. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. . This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic 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. 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%. I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. Give us some of the numbers that you find most disturbing. 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). The economic drivers of the carbon society are highlighted by the economic crisis in Greece in the early 2000s, where some saw the only solution to get out of the crisis being to sell off the land to the highest bidder, those highest bidders often being resource extraction companies. In the lawless land of Gando, fierce bandits will stop at nothing to fight for their precious homeland and loved ones even if it means life or death. You know, what we tend to do when we don't succeed is to blame ourselves, and women were so siloed off in this industry we really didn't have any means of communication. My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. GROSS: Yeah. All rights reserved. And they got really excited. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. They could say, what was I doing? DAVIS: Hopefully not. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. It's a lonely sport because you're out there for hours every day shooting by yourself. 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. Tom Donahue's documentary 'This Changes Everything' examines efforts from within Hollywood to redress the gender imbalance and features a large roster of big-name interviewees, from Anita Hill. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. And so I thought, this is an enormous problem if we are training kids from the beginning that girls are second-class citizens. Women are socialized to go along with the dominant patriarch. This Changes Everything. She's in Paris. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 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. Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. 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. MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. You putting men in charge basically driving women and people of color out. So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? 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. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. And then on screen really is impactful, because as much as it can create a negative impact, it has the power to create incredibly positive changes like were talking in the movie about the CSI effect where there were so many shows so many female forensic scientists on T.V. 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. The coming of sound meant they needed big capital investment. And I'd like to see if I could do that. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. And, of course, it's all a joke. GROSS: Geena Davis, let me bring you back into the conversation. (Laughter). GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? 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. . . MARTIN: So the title of the film, we start with that, This Changes Everything. This is something that you say in the film. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. It sets the most important crisis in human history in the context of our other ongoing traumas, reminding us just how much the powers-that-be depend on the power of coal, gas and oil. Although a large part of this documentary focuses on the fact that female directors do not get work and have trouble getting hired, and the director of this film. Ukrainian. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. 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. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. 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. And so I learned at 36 that I actually was coordinated. Theres a lot of talk about change and theres a lot more content being made but a lot of the diversity that happens in content is happening at the lower pay levels. But thats what we were worried about. And that's when you really are tested with your mental abilities because once you have a really good shot, your job is to recreate it exactly and - every time. Catalan GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. So I never tried anything. I'm sure it made a lot of money. And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? Portuguese Bulgarian Chinese Complex I'm Terry Gross. Lithuanian GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. . For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. 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. So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." 2019 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. 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. And I learned that he was he called himself a feminist. GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. 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. He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." Global Release 2020, 2023 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. 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