What have they each done? . DAVIS: Absolutely, which is fantastic. Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldnt protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friends last wish: sweet revenge. 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. The film combines talking-head interviews with drill-down stats and the backstory on legal actions taken to force accountability from studio heads. Klein and those impassioned protesters provide something that has been in short supply in the predecessors I didn't want to try any sports because I was - I call it physically shy. . You were attached to other projects. . Its just very elevated because its in the entertainment world. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You directed an episode of it. Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. 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. Book & Film Study Guide. So I had been very unathletic as a kid. And she founded an institute to study gender discrimination in Hollywood. 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. Catalan And I started to do research. So I had a lot of training. Kleinexposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. 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. And this is according to the Center for the Study of Women and Television and Film in San Diego State University. 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 . 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. DAVIS: Exactly. But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. And why does that matter? Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue 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 go out to the parking lot with him, and he starts to rape you. But I said, at some point, you got to get me into a showgirl costume because it's kind of a fantasy of mine to wear one of those things, you know, with a giant headdress and all that. So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. 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. And then the second thing were unions. Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction. This Changes Everything. The result is the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring. . Theyll just get somebody else. And, you know, that's obviously an option that everybody can take. Klein meticulously builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies, and rebuild our gutted local economies. And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. A work of startling force, exhaustive reporting, and telling anecdote . As defeated as one feels when you dont see a change happening, I really do think that it can and that it will. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." Because the next movie somebody makes could be gender-balanced. DAVIS: Oh, so - gosh. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. When did things start to slow down in your acting career? So and it wasnt really until after Me Too and all that happened that we all realized, this is different now. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. DAVIS: It was very specific, actually. On a platform out at sea, they have formed The Community - a new type of society and a better way of living. Its the chivalry of the 21st century.. Dutch that women are now dominating that field because we just saw it on T.V. . From Thelma & Louise to A League of Their Own, the Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis made her name with her strong female characters. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. This is FRESH AIR. Like competing - if you're nervous, your shot's going to be off. - because it was a big hit. And I was - well, I was mostly thrilled that my first job was not playing, you know, a corpse in a morgue on a soap opera or something. A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. DONAHUE: Yes. DAVIS: Oh, I don't know which one you mean. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Naomi Klein's narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. DONAHUE: Hopefully not. Look at what FX did. This Changes Everything. I want to ask you about "Thelma & Louise." YES Magazine 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. . (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. 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. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. Turkish And I was so shocked when my coach said after just a few months, well, now you've got to start competing. 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. In October, at a special ceremony, she'll receive an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. There's no question about it. I never got another paying job. Bulgarian Slovene . He refuses. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. And, you know, the growing movement against Keystone XL, but, frankly, all of the tar sands pipelines, is really starting to resonate right there in the electoral cycle. DONAHUE: Its funny. Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? [2] 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. Oh, we forgot. This Changes Everything. 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 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. But as time went on and I became more empowered, I started really noticing. Presenting portraits of communities on the front lines, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Ms. Klein is aware of the intractability of the problems she describes, but she manages optimism nonetheless., Klein is a brave and passionate writer who always deserves to be heard, and this is a powerful and urgent book., If global warming is a worldwide wake-up call, were all pretty heavy sleepers . And I was kind of good at all of it. 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. 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. Im an optimist. DONAHUE: They cant really complain to their agent or their manager because theyre just going to tell them just go with it, just be quiet. 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. . 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. This Changes Everything, which launches July 22 in theaters across America, is a new documentary (ironically, by a man) that traces the trailblazing women in the business, like Shonda Rhimes, Cate Blanchett, and Natalie Portman, as well as Meryl Streep, Jessica Chastain, Reese Witherspoon, Taraji P. Henson and Rose McGowan to help unpack . SCREENING GUIDES. So thats why when it says 75 percent of women made this film, people actually clap at that line at the end. 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. GROSS: And, you know, you're dressed in your underwear so it's even more, like, imposing and, for him, kind of embarrassing because he's a man who is finding it all very arousing, and he shouldn't be there because he's posing as a woman. You were signed to a big agency. The women have guns. Told first-hand by some of Hollywoods 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. 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. Turkish This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. JOHN LANDGRAF, HEAD, FX: I had this unconscious bias that we would have to be making sacrifices to hire people with less experience. GROSS: So the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has done a lot of research on the numbers. And that was an extraordinary triumph. -Entertainment Weekly The film is a Canada-United States coproduction. So I never tried anything. And then maybe five years later, another movie comes out with a female star. I'm Terry Gross. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. MARTIN: And you do make a point of saying in the film that 75 percent of the crew are women. 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. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. Copyright 2019 NPR. I was very upset and angry at that happening to me. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. And my friend and I acted out your trip. It's really fun and incredibly challenging. 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? I'm going to ask you to describe the premise. So do you have any idea where things stand? 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. 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. This is FRESH AIR. It was night and day, where before, they might say, hey, "Beetlejuice" or something. Greek Watch all you want. This Changes Everything. Was it a centering thing for you - focus? When, for instance, in 2017 I think, female-led films made 38 percent more money at the Box Office than male-led films. The story goes full circle back to Alberta and what should or needs to be done to combat climate change while dealing with the economy and thus people's short term well-being. Croatian Several women serve as executive producers, including Davis.). MARTIN: about women in Hollywood and the underrepresentation of women in Hollywood? MARIA GIESE: My first feature film directing job out of graduate film school was in England, not in the United States. Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." . With - the other thing that I loved about it was that it's measured by points. Japanese Bring me my tiny violin. MARTIN: In the age of silent films, women directed a lot of films. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. DONAHUE: I started the film a year before I actually asked Geena to come on board. Kleins sharp analysis makes a compelling case that a mass awakening is part of the answer., Gripping and dramatic . 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