this changes everything documentary transcript

NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Here it is. But thats what we were worried about. And for me, the word feminist was a bad word in my house. So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? A right wing think tank provides its view that the climate change issue needs to be dealt with through market forces. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? 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. I'm Terry Gross. YES Magazine A film that brings our peril into focus and what we might learn from despair. This Changes Everything 2015 Not Rated 1 h 29 m IMDb RATING 6.4 /10 614 YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:22 1 Video 16 Photos Documentary A look at seven communities around the world with the proposition that we can seize the crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Michael Mann tells Christiane Amanpour why we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it. Danish So what impact do you think it had both on audiences but also on Hollywood? This is a rush transcript. What is the connection? DAVIS: Absolutely, yes. 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. DAVIS: Well, I mean, come on. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. Overview. [1] 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. Netflix | Apple TV | Amazon Video | Vudu | FandangoNOW | Kanopy | Hoopla, Directed by: Tom Donahue a scene from This Changes Everything, the documentary. DAVIS: Well, you know, we found that for every two speaking male characters, there's one female speaking character, and that there's an appalling amount of hypersexualization of female characters, even in G-rated movies, and the female characters are very often narrowly stereotyped, hypersexualized or not really integral to the plot. So Geena, I think some people might hear that and go, Oh, thats too bad but why? Its not about carbonits about capitalism. The film combines talking-head interviews with drill-down stats and the backstory on legal actions taken to force accountability from studio heads. I think the big advantage was that people who make kids entertainment do it because they care about kids. German How did you take up archery? We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. - because it was a big hit. Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who see their dreams coated in oil from a broken pipeline. On TV, you have women like Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, who's also in movies, and Reese Witherspoon not only doing shows that have women in them but also - certainly with Ava DuVernay, she makes a point of hiring women directors and often women directors of color for her series "Queen Sugar." DONAHUE: And then Patricia Arquette got up at the Oscars and demanded equal pay. 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. What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance well ever get to build a better world? This is FRESH AIR. And a lot of men would say to me when I was making the film, Well, the problem is you just follow the money. If women films made more money, of course, there would be more women films. 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? GROSS: So the EEOC has been conducting an investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. Its an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female filmmakers. GROSS: There's Dustin Hoffman, who plays this man who can't get roles, finally auditions for a role posing as a woman in a soap opera. GROSS: Geena Davis, let me bring you back into the conversation. But that was my plan. MARTIN: And they just cant believe that it is what it is. 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. And I got the part. Not rated. Romanian So I had been very unathletic as a kid. And everything gets in the way of that, every possible thought you have, every different circumstance. So I'm wondering if you think it's having that kind of effect. MARTIN: Every person that Ive spoken with who have seen the film is just shocked by it. From Thelma & Louise to A League of Their Own, the Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis made her name with her strong female characters. The women have guns. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . You were attached to other projects. SANDRA OH: Shonda was able to make half of her cast not white. GROSS: It's like, he's short; you're really tall. 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: 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. And very quickly, the coaches were saying, you know, you have a lot of untapped athletic ability. 56%. Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. 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. They respond by organizing against fossil fuel extraction in their beloved Powder River Basin, and forming a new alliance with the Northern Cheyenne tribe to bring solar power to the nearby reservation. 1 hr 30 min. And it hasnt changed in all that time. We dont have to wait for things to turn around in real life. 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. Bulgarian . Can we play that? That so it was already a conversation that started to happen when I start developing the film with my producing partner. 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. No one movie can persuade an industry to suddenly reverse decades of discrimination and redistribute power to include the less powerful. I never got another paying job. but like a place where we actually want to live Maria Giese is a director who felt shut out for being a woman. GROSS: So part of your work was modeling for Victoria's Secret. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. MARTIN: You know one of the things that really fascinated me about the film is that you point out it wasnt always this way. JOIN NOW. Well, Tom, talk a little about what the problem is if you would. . Produced by: Ilan Arboleda, Kerianne Flynn, Tom Donahue . There's no question about it. Swedish Maybe they just thought I really wanted to, that I wanted to be such a student of film that that was my goal. And her actions led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors. And you try really hard to, like, throw him off of you. 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. MARTIN: In fact, theres a clip for that. Now, this changes everything. And this guy on the show named Alan Alda, who I was learning everything about. The most profound threat to humanity is the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. Things were looking good for you after film school. Director Tom Donahue Stars Reese Witherspoon Mira Nair By what name was This Changes Everything (2015) officially released in India in English? Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything is a ground-breaking work on how climate change changes everything. ("This Changes Everything" features interviews with Callie Khouri, Kimberly Peirce, Sharon Stone, Amber Tamblyn, Rose McGowen, Amandla Stenberg, Chloe Grace Moretz, Taraji P. Henson, Natalie. KIMBERLY PIERCE, DIRECTOR, CARRIE: I was being talked to and treated and questioned constantly and indifferently. Geena, I want to start with you. This Changes Everything | A book, film and engagement project about why the climate crisis is the best opportunity we've ever had to build a better world. I thought, this is incredibly unfair, and I don't want other people deciding that I have to work less, you know, and taking away opportunities. 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. You used to make a movie a year. 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.. Yet we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." (Interestingly, the film was directed by a man, Tom Donahue. 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 my friend and I acted out your trip. Audience Score 100+ Ratings. And I'm like, oh, my God, no. It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn't. 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. GROSS: But you're in your underwear. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. And but I just assumed kids media would be gender-balanced, and wholesome, and good for you, and all that. And why does that matter? You hear so many women speaking up when they encounter injustice and openly talking about it. Its not going to benefit you. And we started to have meetings with them. 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. And it was just, you know, doing a video with a casting assistant. There are going to be so many more movies with women starring and everything. And she documents the inspiring movements that have already begun this process: communities that are not just refusing to be sites of further fossil fuel extraction but are building the next, regeneration-based economies right now. The realization that a solution is possible, well, that changes everything It was once there was a four in front of my age, and DAVIS: You know, I had heard about that for a long time, that people said that things change when you turn 40 or when you're in your 40s, but I didn't expect it to be literal. But how can you change the world if you've taken yourself out of it? The catastrophic effects of climate change are viewed through the lens of those in the US northeast coast who suffered through Hurricane Sandy. And it's a buddy movie. And I'd be like, which part exactly? Published in 2014, it debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and at #1 in Canada. And if you're just joining us, my guest is actor Geena Davis and director Maria Giese. to unsuccessfully sue Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures for discrimination). . Downloads only available on ad-free plans. 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. GROSS: Geena Davis, Maria Giese, thank you both so much for talking with us. Greek Bosnian I'm talking about family-rated films. GROSS: This is the equal opportunity law. A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. When did things start to slow down in your acting career? VarietyMagazine, If you care about justice you must see this. So theres something really deep and systemic going on. This Changes Everything. German Originally, it was about workplace discrimination in Hollywood but I thought to myself, who is going to want to see this movie outside of the people in Hollywood. In the directors guild, there were only two women I think up until the 1960s who were members of the union. A star-studded documentary about gender inequality in film and TV is equal parts history lesson and constructive criticism. DAVIS: Yes. 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. We can talk about it and everybody is talking about it, you know. JENNIFER LAWRENCE: Its our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal . Well, do they have any photos of her in a bathing suit? OK. Let me just play a clip from him in the film. 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