Geena Davis and Tom Donahue on "This Changes Everything" - PBS You know, they just determined to do it, and they're very creative and they make it happen. This film is about gender inequality in the TV and movie industry and they couldn't hire a woman to direct this?! It'll ruin your career was the thinking. MARTIN: To that point, heres a scene from the film which speaks with that with Kimberly Pierce, the director, and Chloe Grace Moretz. Dutch 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. We were made to feel very dispensable. 0000003718 00000 n And Im like, yay, I cant wait. So when I got back from Cannes, I was represented at William Morris Agency, and basically nothing happened. 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. Co-Producers: Jessicya Materano, Robin Kelleher So here was my hero calling himself a feminist. We also heard from director Maria Giese, who's also featured in the film "This Changes Everything." Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel. Sandra Oh speaks movingly about the importance of seeing actresses who looked like her for the first time in The Joy Luck Club. And Tiffany Haddishtotally unsurprisinglygets the biggest laughs of all when she recalls the thrill of seeing Diahann Carroll stride into a room and start a catfight with Joan Collins on Dynasty., Behind the scenes, This Changes Everything offers several nuggets that are both illuminating and infuriating. Watch all you want. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did. So I started making this movie. 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. :{v^ L @";+Z\\UrcK+IK6z3uI+1| x;B . I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job. Did you think of it as there not being enough roles for women in their 40s? Donahue is a longtime documentarian whose work includes Thank You for Your Service, about how the government has failed the U.S. military in treating mental health issues, and Guest of Cindy Sherman. Those are pretty specific topics. 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. Film Review: 'This Changes Everything' - Variety 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. So Geena, will you just tell us what the title is referring to? And Kim and I are sitting there going like, well, respectfully, I dont think you know what youre talking about. 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. Chinese Simple . But for the most part, I saw appalling gender imbalance. (Laughter). And for a very brief time, the nature of that change is still up to us. He refuses. What is the connection? 0000045603 00000 n This Changes Everything movie review (2019) | Roger Ebert It couldn't be timelier, and its simmering feeling of frustration is palpable. Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. MARTIN: Have you felt your career jeopardized by your unspokeness about this? And my friend and I acted out your trip. MARTIN: But there are a number of women who are interviewed in this film whose careers have been damaged by speaking out. We can reflect the future now and it will make it happen. They're both featured in the new documentary about that campaign called "This Changes Everything.". GROSS: Maria Giese, let me move on to you. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. And a buddy movies are always men's movies. It was just like the way it was, and, you know, being sexy and all that kind of stuff. The credits mention that 75 percent of the crew working on the film was female, but it sort of seems like a no-brainer to have a woman direct the movie about the fact that women dont direct enough movies. DAVIS: Well, it was completely random in some ways.
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