this changes everything documentary transcript

This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? Which is why none of them appeared in this film? GROSS: Did you think of it as discrimination against older women? As the actress and activist Geena Davis puts it in This Changes Everything, a new documentary about Hollywoods pervasive gender inequalities, each of those highly successful films with female leads (and in some cases, female filmmakers) had been expected to expand the opportunities for women, or so the media narrative went with each release. Director Avi Lewis Writer 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 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). Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. Greek Japanese Watch all you want. And you try really hard to, like, throw him off of you. She's in Paris. 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. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. MARTIN: So you can see it with kids entertainment? 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. He's got you pinned against a car. Italian NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. And I was like, you know, I was a huge fan of "GLOW" and very much wanted to do it. It'll ruin your career was the thinking. 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. This Changes Everything. GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. Croatian Buy now. This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue. JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . DAVIS: Exactly. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. AMANPOUR: Let me just give some of the statistics that you cite in the film. So I decided I wanted to take up a sport in the real-life way and not the movie version. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. And I could see that I was not going to make any headway with them. She braids together the science, psychology, geopolitics, economics, ethics and activism that shape the climate question. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." MARTIN: In fact, theres a clip for that. 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. Portuguese Finnish In 2014, the book won the Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Canadas most prestigious award for non-fiction. French 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. So they send over a Victoria's Secret catalogue (laughter). MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. 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. 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. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. My understanding is they don't make their investigation public. MARIA GIESE: My first feature film directing job out of graduate film school was in England, not in the United States. I'm Terry Gross. 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. And you say in the film that you were watching something with your daughter. Catalan And so that was really fun. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. Russian But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. '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. Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. You go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. Spanish UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they just dont like me. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. 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. DAVIS: Right. Yet we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. When did things start to slow down in your acting career? Here it is. 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. And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. . An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life. 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 And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. 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. 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. The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. GIESE: Yes, Title VII, which was written into law in 1964 by President Johnson. Slovene So its kind of working. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. And it was fantastic. 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. Swedish Croatian 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. Theyll just get somebody else. Finnish GROSS: Yeah. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . GROSS: Prevent that kind of behavior. 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 . Can you talk about that? . (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. 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. 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. So theres something really deep and systemic going on. . I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. What is the connection? JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. If she can see it, she can be it. Terms Privacy Policy For Our Members Access, All rights reserved. GROSS: Yes, you're not fazed by seeing Dustin Hoffman walk in because you think he's really a woman. And she's been dedicated to equality for women, more roles for women in Hollywood. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. 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. Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman How did you take up archery? Watch all you want. 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. The first film you directed was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. 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. 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. This Changes Everything is a 2015 documentary film directed by Avi Lewis.It is based on the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein.. Original filename: Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything.pdf URL: https://pdf.yt/d/Skb-ch_k7psDm90Q 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. German And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. 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. So I started making this movie. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Ukrainian, Arabic We have been told the market will save us, when in fact the addiction to profit and growth is digging us in deeper every day. Polish GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' Before the #MeToo movement began, director Tom Donahue began assembling a documentary about gender inequality in Hollywood. It really started for me at the end of 2014 with the Sony hack and finding out about the disparity in pay between Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in American Hustle. And we started to have meetings with them. When Dani Arnold broke Ueli Steck's speed record climbing the Eiger in 2011, it sparked a duel between them across the six great north faces of the Alps. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. Nothing except that climate change changes everything. DONAHUE: I started the film a year before I actually asked Geena to come on board. And your role is as the entertainment director of a casino. And I started to do research. LA Times. 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. This Changes Everything Directed by: Tom Donahue Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue Executive Producers: Geena Davis, Steve Edwards, Regina Scully, Simone Pero, Madeline Di Nonno, Jennie Peters, Patty Casby, Ku-Ling Yurman Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films 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. School was in England, not in the age of silent films, women directed a of! 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