It was co-produced by Robin Kelleher, Jessicya Materano, Mandy Stein, Ashlee Margolis, and Deirdre Brennan. Scully, Madeline Di Nonno, Steve Edwards, Simone Pero, Jennie Peters, and Patty Casby. The film was Executive Produced by Ku-ling Yurman, Regina K. Additional corporate sponsors of the film also include Bloomberg LP, Google and Michael Stars Foundation. Scully’s Artemis Rising Foundation and Lyft Entertainment. Pic was produced by Ilan Arboleda and Kerianne Flynn in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, David Yurman, Regina K. The deal for This Changes Everything was negotiated by GDE’s Kristin Harris and Brandon Hill with ICM Partners representing the filmmakers.ĬreativeChaos VMG and New Plot Films are the creators behind the doc. This Changes Everything: Geena Davis On Empowering Women In Hollywood KASU A new documentary explores how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation in front of and behind the camera. We are excited that Good Deed shares our vision for lasting systemic change on this issue and believe they are ideal partners to amplify this film as an advocacy tool.” Davis and director Maria Giese discuss the dramatic disparities on screen. “We are thrilled to help bring this important and timely story to the big screen, and hope it encourages positive conversations that continue to empower women everywhere” said Scott Donley, CEO and Founder of Good Deed Entertainment.ĭonahue added, “2019 is a year of urgency in the fight for gender equality. This film highlights the lack of progress and is a call to action toward change once and for all.” Speaking on the impetus behind the film, Oscar winning actor and This Changes Everything Executive Producer Geena Davis explains, “For years women in our industry have hoped that with every successful female-driven film, we would move closer toward gender equality. Good Deed Entertainment Takes North America On Rom-Com 'Love. As President Allen, I had a very short administration. I was so bummed when ABC's Commander in Chief went off the air. There are definitely more opportunities on TV, both in front of and behind the camera. You got 12 big movie roles (plus an Oscar) in your 30s and just two in your 40s. I'd like to be like Captain Marvel - that strong. I commit a thousand percent to something and see it through. You've said you'd like to play a Marvel superhero. You can reinvent yourself and find positions of more control and power in your life. Even on the show, she's a great role model for the girls on the wrestling team because she shows there's life after whatever you're doing. She's a former Vegas showgirl who's made a whole new career for herself in management, in charge of entertainment at a hotel. Is your GLOW character Sandy Devereaux St. We're showing them that boys do everything, all the important stuff. So I decided, “I'm going to make my acting choices differently now.” Then it was when my daughter was a toddler, and I suddenly realized how shockingly male-dominated kids’ entertainment was. It made me realize how few opportunities we give women to feel empowered by female characters. What made you decide to devote your life to women in entertainment? One thing that has changed in the past few years: Movies starring a female character have made significantly more money than movies starring a male character. Female directors are still around 4 percent, with equally poor numbers for editors, cinematographers, writers and producers. Then it was The Hunger Games: “Now everything is going to change.” Then it was Wonder Woman. Female road pictures, female buddy pictures.” I was very excited. The press was predicting “ Thelma & Louise is going to change everything - now we're going to see so many movies starring women. See, everybody thinks that - that's part of the problem. Your Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media says that the ratio of male to female characters in film has remained 3 to 1 since 1946. It's pretty astounding, the level of gender discrimination that goes on in the entertainment industry. It's a very powerful look at what's going on, very eye-opening to men and women when they see it all laid out. Why did you produce the documentary This Changes Everything, about Hollywood's underrepresentation (and misrepresentation) of women, featuring Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Judd Apatow, Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Oh and Cate Blanchett? She tells AARP about her fight to change Hollywood and her presidential plans - on- and off-screen. And her documentary This Changes Everything also opens Aug. She's costarring in her first female-dominated drama since 1992's A League of Their Own: Netflix's excellent 1980s lady-wrestler show GLOW (third season premiere Aug.
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