Documentary. 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. . Anyone can read what you share. This Changes Everything has been translated into 27 languages: Arabic I fear the message may continue to elude those who need to hear it the most. DAVIS: Images are so powerful that it will impact real life. MARTIN: So you can see it with kids entertainment? - because it was a big hit. A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. 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. We should be showing kids that boys and girls share the same bicycle. You were working with Dustin Hoffman. 2015, Documentary, 1h 29m. Still. 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. Your first movie role, "Tootsie," you're in your underwear in the film. makes a muscular case for global warming as the defining, cross-sectional issue of our era., [A]robust new polemic . Now, with Director Donahue, shes taking her message to the masses with the film, This Changes Everything which they have been discussing with our Michel Martin. GROSS: The one with the feathers and DAVIS: The one with the feathers and rhinestones? Against the backdrop of Greece in crisis, a powerful social movement rises. . And that action alone sent the numbers skyrocketing from 0.5% to 16% in just 10 years from 1985 to 1995. MORETZ: The biggest part of the movie is when she gets her period for the first time in the shower. I wasnt thinking, this is so unfair. So I learned through him about the equal rights amendment, about Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas and that girl and I became a fan of Mary Tyler Moore. GROSS: So what did you learn being on set? But it was television that showed me there it was another way, and it was a show called MASH. An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. And they didn't ask - after I read the part, they didn't ask to see my bathing suit. Good Deed Entertainment (Theatrical Premiere), Starz (Broadcast), VOD, TVOD. I think theres some backlash. Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic. Climate change isnt just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. MARTIN: And youre saying that entertainment really does matter. In 2018, 92 percent of the directors of the top 250 domestic releases were men. 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. Turkish Women are socialized to go along with the dominant patriarch. 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. 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. The epitome of WTF? 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 . Ukrainian. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And so it kind of made sense in that way. 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. 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. 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 in front of and behind the camera in movies and TV. It really started for me at the end of 2014 with the Sony hack and finding out about the disparity in pay between Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in American Hustle. GROSS: So what about other women you knew from film school? Was it a centering thing for you - focus? I always say go through the script and change it. She's best known for her starring roles in "Thelma & Louise," "A League Of Their Own," and "Beetlejuice." Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. 2019 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 1h 35m | Documentary Films. And I just want an excuse to be able to do that (laughter). Kumi Naidoo,Former Director at Greenpeace International, Genuinely moving But so I think that will change and I think it will impact society, that life will imitate art. And I was kind of good at all of it. 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. 1 hr 30 min. 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. MARTIN: So Geena, how do you stay in it though? Promotional materials, trailers & welcome video. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They dont care that Im black. And so that was really fun. And so I never asked any questions, and I didn't know that you didn't have to come every day. DAVIS: Well, it was completely random in some ways. And why does that matter? 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. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein's international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana's Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. MARTIN: Do you think its because your initial focus was on kids television? By what name was This Changes Everything (2015) officially released in India in English? It was a small budget, and we hoped somebody would see it and not object to the ending. Script extract. She is an executive producer of and is featured in the new documentary "This Changes Everything," about how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. 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. DAVIS: Absolutely, which is fantastic. Geena Davis is an actress who starred in such films as "A League Of Their Own" and "Thelma & Louise." So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. This is the 21st century. Actress Geena Davis rallies Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and others in this . Accuracy and availability may vary. Copyright 2019 NPR. Synopsis Based on Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, a look at how people in various communities around the world play a role in the ongoing climate change debate and how they're affecting change in trying to prevent the environmental destruction of our planet. MARTIN: I think it was Maya Angelou who said you cant be what you cant see. 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. Slovene GIESE: You know, I did a lot of script writing and doctoring and - but no, no primetime TV shows, even though I observed for hundreds of hours on major TV shows like Dick Wolf's "Law & Order.". But on the other hand, I sort of felt like, well, this is what was supposed to happen. In 2014, the book won the Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Canadas most prestigious award for non-fiction. And I explained to them why I thought that this was so significant on a global level. 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. 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. Things were looking good for you after film school. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Is that why because no studio heads appeared in this film because theyre so embarrassed? Polish 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. Being so tall, I just didn't want anybody to look at me, especially if I was going to be failing at a sport. The film presents seven portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana's Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. This is a rush transcript. And it also struck a nerve that none of us expected. This Changes Everything DOCUMENTARY Told first-hand by some of Hollywood's leading voices, This Changes Everything is a feature-length documentary that uncovers what is beneath what is one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry- the under-representation and misrepresentation of women. And it's a buddy movie. Buy now. Lithuanian I think my peers and I were always operating under the assumption that you should never complain about anything. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Prior to the worldwide publication of This Changes Everything, Naomi filmed a one and a half minute book trailer that highlighted the main themes of the book. 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. 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