SANDRA OH: Shonda was able to make half of her cast not white. 1 hr 30 min. Overview. 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. GROSS: So Geena Davis, I have a few questions for you about your career. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? 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. MARTIN: Why do you think that was the click moment for you? Greek He's just decided that that's what he's going to do. And I was like, you know, I was a huge fan of "GLOW" and very much wanted to do it. Its not a spoiler to say that the documentary concludes with a call to action aimed squarely at (predominantly male) studio heads, pointing to the recent commitment to inclusive hiring by John Landgraf, the chief executive of the FX Networks, as an example of what real action can look like. And it also struck a nerve that none of us expected. DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. Tweets by NaomiAKlein. GROSS: A battle with yourself to not battle with yourself. . a scene from This Changes Everything, the documentary. I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? Can you talk about that? 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. GROSS: So you went to the ACLU, and then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission became involved, too. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. Profoundly, embarrassing few. And I'd like to see if I could do that. And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. Which really isn't very old. DAVIS: Right. Its always been that way. Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue Starring Naomi Klein Stacey Arwen Raab. 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. And it's a buddy movie. 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. 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. . Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. GROSS: And so it's a kind of - I think at the time, people were comparing it to Butch Cassidy. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. Why hasnt it changed before now? ', A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . TV-PG. Whats your first name? JOIN NOW. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. This Changes Everything. Like I think a lot of people have become familiar with the whole question of representation on screen. Korean And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. For the first thing I showed her, there were profoundly more male characters than female, and it was aimed at two-year- olds. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. Turkish Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. 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. namely, a modicum of hope for the future This Changes Everything is, improbably, Kleins most optimistic book. . DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. DONAHUE: Its funny. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. And my friend and I acted out your trip. Production companies: CreativeChaos vmg, New Plot Films, US Release 2019. DAVIS: They do. Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. This is FRESH AIR. Audience Score 100+ Ratings. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. So do you have any idea where things stand? Italian 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. Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out of directing because she's a woman. But it didnt take her long to realize that she was the exception and not the rule. Anyone who then told me or told any other journalist in the future, its too hard, no, its not. Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. 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. 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. This is a rush transcript. I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. This Changes Everything Official trailer Did we miss something on diversity? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. 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. Once it finally begins to focus on the mission, however, This Changes Everything not only becomes engrossing but reveals itself as a crucial cri de coeur. And I started to do research. So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? So there's no way for us to really know where the investigation is, even though it's now, oh - what? And I'm like, oh, my God, no. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." The first film you directed was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Did you think of it as there not being enough roles for women in their 40s? DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. . I always say go through the script and change it. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. The New York Times Book Review called it The most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Change or be changed, but make no mistake, this changes everything.. GIESE: I first went to the EEOC in 2013. And this is a buddy movie that's a women's movie. Polish And it was fantastic. MARTIN: You know one of the things that really fascinated me about the film is that you point out it wasnt always this way. 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. Lithuanian CHLOE GRACE MORETZ: When I was 15, I did Carrie. That movie was directed by Kim Pierce who was my first female director but it was a massively male crew. And I was so shocked when my coach said after just a few months, well, now you've got to start competing. LANDGRAF: And maybe that the talent wouldnt be there. And I was counting on my hands as I held her in my lap, and it was horrifying, and I was absolutely stunned. And that's what I set my mind to do. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. Catalan 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. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. 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. GROSS: But you were with Sydney Pollack. 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. Can we pull off these changes in time? DAVIS: Well, I definitely see a big shift happening in Hollywood in the past couple of years since #MeToo and Time's Up. It's about two women who grab ahold of their fate and refuse to relinquish control no matter how far it takes them, that they remain in charge of their destiny. The books exploration of climate change from the perspective of how capitalism functions produces fresh insights and its examination of the interconnectedness between our relationship with nature and the creation of better, fairer societies presents a radical proposal. DAVIS: Hopefully not. We havent made significant progress, Klein argues, because weve been expecting solutions from the very same institutions that created the problem in the first place . Didnt seem to happen. By Joel Horwood. Dutch Nothing is certain. MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? How did you take up archery? MARTIN: Talk to me about the Geena Davis Institute which you founded years ago. And there's a scene where you come out in - why don't you describe the costume. MARTIN: So the title of the film, we start with that, This Changes Everything. This is something that you say in the film. It's really fun and incredibly challenging. You know, I mean, both are kind of unattainable. Kleins urgency and outrage is balanced by meticulous documentation and passionate argument. GROSS: And you also are an archer - like bow and arrow archery. DAVIS: Not at all. And Kim and I are sitting there going like, well, respectfully, I dont think you know what youre talking about. GROSS: Yeah. When you have 150 men on set and one woman, how is that woman protected? Ukrainian, Arabic 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. Book & Film Study Guide. 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. I'm wondering what impact you think that might be having on the inclusion issue because we've seen how some men in Hollywood have misused their power to assault or harass women. No one movie can persuade an industry to suddenly reverse decades of discrimination and redistribute power to include the less powerful. And this is in every sector of society, its the same story. Thelma & Louise was supposed to have done it. Its the chivalry of the 21st century.. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? Well, we call the film This Changes Everything, because its about kind of why that doesnt happen. JOIN NOW. I was a feminist since I was 10-years-old because I came from a very right-wing family. So I started making this movie. This is FRESH AIR. That was the first time where I was ever like, I guess, men dont see us women equal in this industry. So they were driven out of the unions. 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. The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Bulgarian And then the second thing were unions. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. And then Susan Sarandon comes out. Romanian Yet we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. DAVIS: Absolutely, which is fantastic. In 2012, my archery coach noticed that when both Brave and The Hunger Games came out, suddenly the percentage of girls taking up archery shot up 105 percent, higher than adult men. Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. Well, get her back. Chinese Complex A really decent doc, but like 99% of the reviews here, I'm completely dumbfounded why they hired a MALE to direct this. GIESE: Well, I understood very quickly that the numbers in and of themselves inferred violations of Title VII. Here it is. Now we will see so many more female buddy pictures, female road movies or whatever and movies about female friendship. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . And a little by little, I introduced them to a group of my female colleagues. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? After the release of This Changes Everything book and film, Naomi went on a sold out tour to speak to audiences worldwide. There's no question about it. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. Like why do I care? The women have guns. GROSS: What did you like about archery? MARTIN: But Geena, this has to have happened to you throughout your career? This sudden change in how people reacted when they recognized me was very, very pronounced. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . 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. Tom, do you want to add to that? This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. You were signed to a big agency. She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. You know, it was, like, an amazing introduction. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. Danish I'm Terry Gross. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone, listen up, please. A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. And I had gone to Paris to do the collections, and in the meantime, Sydney Pollack saw my audition tape and said, hey, I like her. Geena, I want to start with you. Greek Documentary. So I think that's a big change that's happened. Accuracy and availability may vary. 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. . 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 UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. So you started your career as a model. And then I was watching the Olympics in Atlanta on TV and saw the archery competing, and I thought, wow, that is so beautiful and dramatic. GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. Lithuanian It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. I could do that too. 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