this changes everything documentary transcript
Chinese Complex [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.. 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 this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. Oh, no, we can't. I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is nothing funny here. And you say in the film that you were watching something with your daughter. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. And so obviously you only come when you're shooting, but I came every day at the beginning of the day (laughter) and grabbed my chair and put it next to Sydney and sat next to him all day, every day, making the movie. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . French For the record: 11:23 a.m. Aug. 8, 2019 An earlier version of this review included a photo from the 2015 climate-change documentary "This Changes Everything." Also in the review, the memory of . If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. 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. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. What is the connection? 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. This Changes Everything. And so it kind of made sense in that way. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. 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. . Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. And Im like, yay, I cant wait. Catalan 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. DAVIS: Oh, no. DAVIS: Well, it did in a way. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Its one of the best things thats ever happened in my professional career. She is an executive producer of and is featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. 1 hr 30 min. Its always been that way. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. You know, it was, like, an amazing introduction. DAVIS: They do. So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? So and it wasnt really until after Me Too and all that happened that we all realized, this is different now. 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. 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 so I did. 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 . Change or be changed, but make no mistake, this changes everything.. And it seemed that, in the 21st century, this was a horrible message to be sending and very shocking. It will be on air. Like why do I care? 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. Over the course of 90 minutes, viewers will meet. Can you talk about that? ("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. You used to make a movie a year. DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. You were signed to a big agency. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. DAVIS: Exactly. Director Avi Lewis Writer And it was fantastic. I mean dont you just want to throw your shoes at the screen? So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. 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." We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. GROSS: And doesn't know where to put his eyes. 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. 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. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. This Changes Everything August 31, 2015 We're excited to share the official poster for This Changes Everything the documentary! As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. AMANPOUR: Yes. Bulgarian Which is why none of them appeared in this film? How did you take up archery? NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. DAVIS: Well, the bigger part was the (laughter) - that Sydney liked my audition. That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. This Changes Everything. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Will this film change everything? 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. 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. GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. DAVIS: It did well. to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). Romanian CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. Can we play that? 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. DAVIS: Well, I was astounded that it happened. Romanian The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. Copy may not be in its final form. 2019 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. And I got the part. 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. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Im sure they knew that they were making fewer films with a female lead but they didnt they werent aware that the population of the films were profoundly imbalanced, even the extras. German Of the top 100 grossing films of 2017, male-lead characters received twice as much screen time as female leads. 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. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." 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%. . For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. 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. Dutch . I decided that I would try becoming a model first because, at that time, Christie Brinkley and Lauren Hutton were being offered parts in movies. Tomatometer 18 Reviews. But the biggest reaction of all was the press saying, like the title of the movie, this is going to change everything. 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. You can pick up a lot on a set. 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. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. And I had spent so much time in a field where you're measured by people's judgment, you know, where, you know, you're approved of by others' opinions rather than factual merit. Jyothi, a matriarch in Andhra Pradesh, India who sings sweetly and battles fiercely along with her fellow villagers, fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant that will destroy a life-giving wetland. And for me, the word feminist was a bad word in my house. Tom, do you want to add to that? JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . Theres no one they can complain to. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. And this is in every sector of society, its the same story. I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. MARTIN: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. KIMBERLY PIERCE, DIRECTOR, CARRIE: I was being talked to and treated and questioned constantly and indifferently. Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. I haven't really ever had to describe what it's about. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Feud is so, so good. And then the second thing were unions. So theres something really deep and systemic going on. 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. 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. DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. 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. SCREENING GUIDES. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. Turkish And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. Korean And there's a scene where you come out in - why don't you describe the costume. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. TV-PG. And so it was something they had no idea they were doing, and the data changed everything for them. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? I'm Terry Gross. So its kind of working. A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. MARTIN: You make the connection in the film that its not just about, you know, the job, its the conditions at the job, that it is directly connected to these vicious examples of sexual harassment and abuse that women have experienced that have now come to the fore. You know, God forbid you complain about your salary not being equal or being harassed or mistreated or discriminated against because they'll just get somebody else, you know? Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher She's in Paris. We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." 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. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about the campaign for more representation of women in front of and behind the camera in movies and TV. Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. And it also struck a nerve that none of us expected. GEENA DAVIS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Thank you. And why does that matter? So I gathered all my articles and all the work that I had done, and I had even written the beginnings of a legal brief, and I brought it to the ACLU, where I met Melissa Goodman and Ariela Migdal. LANDGRAF: And Im here to say its there. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? Directed by Avi Lewis (AFI Festival award-winner The Take) and inspired by the New York Times-bestselling book by Naomi Klein, the feature documentary This Changes Everything will launch in 2015. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. 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. The film combines talking-head interviews with drill-down stats and the backstory on legal actions taken to force accountability from studio heads. GROSS: If you're just joining us, my guests are both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in Hollywood. JOIN NOW. Bosnian Geena, I want to start with you. Harvey Weinstein, of course, comes to mind. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? There's no question about it. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. Not rated. I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. . So I sat down with her, and the very first show I turned on and watched with her, I pretty much immediately noticed something, and I thought, wait a minute - how many female characters are in this show? 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. 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 What have they each done? 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. You putting men in charge basically driving women and people of color out. Nothing is certain. About the author. In fact, all around the world, the fight for the next economy and against reckless extraction is already succeeding in ways both surprising and inspiring. Danish I - my daughter was a toddler, and I decided she was old enough to start watching preschool shows. Im an optimist. 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