Ukrainian, Arabic . 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. She had to fight really hard to get them to put it on the air. Copyright 2019 NPR. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. DAVIS: Well, I was astounded that it happened. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. 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 everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. 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, Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres, Late Night with Seth Meyers: Milo Ventimiglia/Geena Davis/Ex Hex/Julian Dorio. 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. 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. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. This Changes Everything makes this point very clear, while also seeking to spark initiative. She braids together the science, psychology, geopolitics, economics, ethics and activism that shape the climate question. The Book, Documentary & Impact Project (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. GROSS: Let down your hair, as you put it. DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. Well, it meant a little ironically. GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. This is FRESH AIR. that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. . But thats what we were worried about. Geena Davis is also an executive producer of the film. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography inThis Changes Everythingprovides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. Portuguese GROSS: My guests are actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. And Kim and I are sitting there going like, well, respectfully, I dont think you know what youre talking about. Script extract. DAVIS: Right. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. Film schools are now half female. Danish 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%. 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. DAVIS: They do. You had a small role. And I got the part. So I knew the way to move the numbers and to make real significant change was through legal action. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' Before the #MeToo movement began, director Tom Donahue began assembling a documentary about gender inequality in Hollywood. Slovene There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. Can you talk about that? Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." This Changes Everything. GIESE: Well, that was the thing. 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. Swedish Watch This Changes Everything: Men Don't See Us Women Equal. MARIA GIESE: My first feature film directing job out of graduate film school was in England, not in the United States. . Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. 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 . And I'd like to see if I could do that. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, whether in politics or science or any other field, one thing is for sure, we need more women now. 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. What are we doing? Romanian 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 . And then I had to play the best baseball player anyone has ever seen hold a bat. Look at what FX did. The film combines talking-head interviews with drill-down stats and the backstory on legal actions taken to force accountability from studio heads. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. Was that because you thought that was the way you could break in? So why does the behind the camera representation matter so much? Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. Russian The two opposing viewpoints can be seen in two western society examples, the first concerning the Alberta oil sands, and the second fossil fuel energy production and transportation in what is traditional Montana farmland. TAX ID# 86-1943473, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, PO Box 9615, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701. 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. ELLEN POMPEO: All the parts that I had been auditioning for were the girlfriend or the wife, so I did notice immediately that, oh, I get to be the lead role. She's in Paris. So theres something really deep and systemic going on. Because the next movie somebody makes could be gender-balanced. - because it was a big hit. Japanese He said no, that's the whole point is competing. Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. And that's what I set my mind to do. 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. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. 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 if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? German DONAHUE: So the cheaper shows on Netflix and Hulu. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic disparities on screen. They're both featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything" about discrimination against women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood. GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. 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. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. In 2004, she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Written with an elegant blend of science, statistics, field reports and personal insight, it does not paralyze but buoys the reader. When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? 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. I wasnt thinking, this is so unfair. I haven't really ever had to describe what it's about. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? But that was my plan. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. GROSS: Well, what was wrong with that plan? So I had been very unathletic as a kid. So I figured, well, I mean, what were the odds anyway I was going to be in a Sydney Pollack movie with Dustin Hoffman? And, you know, being harassed and all kinds of things going on, being not listened to, talked down to, all that stuff. Be the first to contribute. Korean This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. 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. All but one of the women were interviewed for this film, and Donahue takes his time to carefully lay out the details and takeaways of their efforts (which led the D.G.A. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. AMANPOUR: Yes. I'm sure it made a lot of money. Hosting a Screening (note that licensing and contact info in this document are out of date / no longer active) Faith screening guide. And hopefully, young boys will see that a male-directed this and think I can do that too. And it was fantastic. So I never thought about it again. 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. Even though Landgraf and several prominent men are interviewed, a title card notes that the studio heads the filmmakers reached out to declined to appear in the film. Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. MARTIN: Really? 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. Dutch This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. And I'd be like, which part exactly? 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. Its the lowest hanging fruit possible. 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