this changes everything documentary transcript

Throughout the doc, women bear witness to what it felt and feels like to see characters onscreen like themselves, even if the film or TV program had it flaws. - because it was a big hit. And the whole thing wraps up in rushed fashion with the Trump era ushering in a wave of womens marches and reigniting a spark of activism. And, of course, it's all a joke. With Reese Witherspoon, Mira Nair, Shonda Rhimes, Tracee Ellis Ross. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. 0000003130 00000 n As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. DAVIS: Well, so my character - they told me from the beginning - was a former showgirl who, when she was getting too old to do that, went into management and was able to create a successful career for herself that way. There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. I get to be a doctor. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. The main thing that's very different is now it's completely OK to talk about this stuff. Greek The Geena Davis Institute is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. And it was fantastic. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. Donahue is a longtime documentarian whose work includes Thank You for Your Service, about how the government has failed the U.S. military in treating mental health issues, and Guest of Cindy Sherman. Those are pretty specific topics. 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 . This film is about gender inequality in the TV and movie industry and they couldn't hire a woman to direct this?! Croatian The cinematographer, Stefano Ferrari, also is a man. And I got the part. . Bring me my tiny violin. The credits mention that 75 percent of the crew working on the film was female, but it sort of seems like a no-brainer to have a woman direct the movie about the fact that women dont direct enough movies. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. And there is also no human resources department that these women can go to. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. 0000001895 00000 n Im an optimist. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. So they were driven out of the unions. So sue me.) 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. - three years and seven months going. Director of photography: Stefano Ferrari 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.. German Slovene For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. . I'm Terry Gross. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). A mere 15.6 percent of the Directors Guild of America membership is female. You say in almost 100 years, only one woman has won an academy award for best director. DONAHUE: Well, two things. So at 41, I took it up and then became absolutely obsessed, as I do with things. 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. Some positive developments are shown in China and Germany specifically. . Aiming to bring more spotlight to the sexism in the Hollywood film industry, This Changes Everything interviews several actresses and women filmmakers on their experiences in the industry. This Changes Everything encompasses a massive subject from a variety of angles in a brief amount of time, and the results can feel a bit choppy. DONAHUE: Yes. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. You know, some shows are researched and all that and certainly harmless. Synopsis. You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. 77 0 obj <> endobj xref 77 34 0000000016 00000 n And for a very brief time, the nature of that change is still up to us. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. Global Release 2020, 2023 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. 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. She's in Paris. - Thelma & Louise you went, that's it, the whole industry's gonna change. So I never tried anything. But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. This Changes Everything: Directed by Tom Donahue. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? He was the photographer for "Soul Train" and took photos for Jet, Ebony and the black-owned LA newspaper Soul. Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. You had a small role. Yeah. GROSS: Well, what was wrong with that plan? He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. So do you have any idea where things stand? DAVIS: They do. DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. 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. And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. 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. Korean MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. AMANPOUR: Let me just give some of the statistics that you cite in the film. LANDGRAF: And Im here to say its there. DAVIS: Oh, no. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. And I was kind of good at all of it. 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. 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. As always, its a story eminently worth telling, especially for the benefit of younger generations whose exposure to feminism may have started with buying a ticket to Wonder Woman last year. Chinese Complex 0000010793 00000 n Willie Nelson Turns 90: Keith Richards Joins Hollywood Bowl Bash, Breaking Down the List: Facts and Figures About THR Critics 50 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far), This Closeness Review: A Couple and Their Airbnb Host Get Acquainted in an Astute Dramedy of Awkwardness, Parachute Review: Brittany Snows Directing Debut Tackles Addiction, Eating Disorders and Anxiety With an Impressively Light Touch, Toronto: THR's Photo Portfolio With Steve Carell, Matthew McConaughey, Salma Hayek, Melissa McCarthy and More, Wes Anderson Directing Star Wars? It is also possible to buy "This Changes Everything" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu as download or rent it on Apple TV . And they started to reach out to interview many, many women, as many women directors as they could. Variety: Geena Davis Talks This Changes Everything Doc and Conscious Gender Bias in Behind-the-Scenes Hiring, Good Deed Entertainment: This Changes Everything (2019) Exclusive Interview with Geena Davis & Director Tom Donahue, PBS SoCal: Interview with Geena Davis and Tom Donahue on This Changes Everything, Deadline: This Changes Everything Review: Compelling Documentary Tackles Hollywood Gender Inequality Head-On, The New York Times: This Changes Everything Review: Hollywoods Men, Called to Action. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." 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. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. o Ground truth model: analysis of the book transcript and documentary transcript o Change assessment: data collection and analysis after releasing the book and . Bulgarian Editor: Jasmin Way Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. This Changes Everything. You know, the "Teletubbies" are gender-balanced; I don't know if you can tell. So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? Music: Leigh Roberts, Allison Piccioni What have they each done? 0000005016 00000 n Lithuanian Nobody complained about anything because you felt that it would damage your career. But thats what we were worried about. . 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. But were not hearing womens voices or seeing the stories told through the female gaze when there are so few female directors. 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. Brenda Chapman explains her thinking in conceiving Pixars Brave: I purposely went for a princess so I could throw the princess thing on its head. (But then the movie weirdly fails to follow up with the fact that Chapman was forced to share directing credit with Mark Andrews once Brave came out, rather than serving as the first woman to direct a Pixar feature.) 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. And that, for me, became a battle worth fighting for. We're. I very much expected that that would not be the case. From "Thelma & Louise" to "A League of . This is FRESH AIR. Its always been that way. It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. Told first-hand by some of Hollywood's leading voices behind and in front of the camera, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is the award-winning 2019 feature-length documentary that uncovers what is beneath one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry - the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women. Why dont things change? 0000043976 00000 n But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. Here it is. Director: Tom Donahue So you started your career as a model. 0000045603 00000 n 0000004981 00000 n 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. 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. Inspired by Naomi Klein's international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven . And she doesnt know its her period because she had never been taught that by her mother. . So its kind of working. This Changes Everything is a documentary directed by Tom Donahue that examines and reflects upon the gender disparity within the entertainment industry. And I was sure they must be right and waiting for this fabulous future that was coming. 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. I - my daughter was a toddler, and I decided she was old enough to start watching preschool shows. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. Sisters have done it for themselves so why get a guy to direct? I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. And I think its because what I decided to do was I wanted the research so I could go directly to the creators and share it with them in a private and very friendly way because I knew they didnt know what they were doing. Available on Tubi TV, Plex. And only one woman has won the best-director Oscar in the awards 90-year history: Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker, with only a small handful of others even being nominated. 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. Or did you think, oh, it's me - no one wants me anymore? 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. 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GIESE: So in - five months after they received that letter from the ACLU, they began their investigation. . GIESE: Well, that was the thing. What were you looking for and what did you come away with? Women are socialized to go along with the dominant patriarch. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. Nothing except that climate change changes everything. 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. And so I did. So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? 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. Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. MARTIN: In fact, theres a clip for that. Production company: Creative Chaos Ventures Russian 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. 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. GROSS: Maria Giese, let me move on to you. 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.

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