![]() ![]() ![]() I very much expected that that would not be the case. And I also expected it to be not true anymore by the time I would get to that age. It was once there was a four in front of my age, and.ĭAVIS: 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. GEENA DAVIS: Well, it was pretty dramatic. When did things start to slow down in your acting career? Geena Davis and Maria Giese, welcome to FRESH AIR. Her work led to an ongoing EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, investigation into systemic discrimination against women directors, as well as an ACLU campaign against discrimination. After feeling that she was shut out of directing because she's a woman, she became an activist. Also with us is director Maria Giese, who's featured in the film, too. She's receiving an honorary Oscar this year, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at a special ceremony in October. 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. 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. My guest Geena Davis starred in two movies about female empowerment - "Thelma & Louise" and "A League Of Their Own." But when she got older and roles started to dry up, she realized how unempowered women were in Hollywood. The film also inspired our conscious action campaign 1000 Acts of Courage.This is FRESH AIR. The first CineMatters event of the season, " Women's Voices in Action," is a statewide call to action for women's empowerment and took place January 11th, 2019, featuring the film THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. ILLUMINATE's year-round CineMatters Series is a curated collection of single night screenings of the year's best conscious films paired with exciting events, immersive Reel Healings, illuminating panels and/or spotlight guests. Both Sedona screenings went to rush line - with more standing ovations! THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING garnered rave reviews and standing ovations from audiences and critics at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. It also has an incredible power when you get to see someone like you on screen." - Shonda Rhimes, Producer "Media has the power to educate, to shape people's thoughts. It's the chivalry of the 21st century." - Meryl Streep, Actor "Progress will happen when men take a stand. There was a post-screening discussion at the Sedona event with director Tom Donahue, producer Ilan Arboleda and cast member Maria Giese. Followed by a Reel Experience. The film is a powerful call to action for changing the current patriarchal paradigm to an inclusive gender equal society, seeking and proposing solutions from inside Hollywood and around the world. It takes an incisive look behind and in front of the camera, into the historical and empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and reinforce disparities in our culture.ĭirector Tom Donahue illuminates and unpacks an inherently misogynistic Hollywood machine. Told first-hand by some of the industry's leading voices, including Executive Producer Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Oh, Taraji P Henson and others of the Time's Up and #MeToo Movements, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is a feature documentary that uncovers what is behind one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry - the under-representation and misrepresentation of women.
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