- Feminist activist Geena Davis is fully committed to the documentary "Everything can change!" What if women mattered in Hollywood? "
- Many stars such as Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep or Cate Blanchett have agreed to testify.
- This fascinating film shows that there is still a long way to go before the misogyny in front and behind the screen disappears.
Geena Davis (Thelma's Thelma and Ridley Scott's Louise ) is executive producer of Anything Can Change! And if women counted in Hollywood from Tom Donahue. This documentary evokes sexism and misogyny in the dream factory by giving voice to the chapter to big names in the 7th Art.
“Our speaking out has the value of an example for all women around the world and not only for those who work in the cinema,” confided Geena Davis to 20 Minutes at the last Festival in Deauville. Stars like Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Jessica Chastain, to name a few, testify to their experience with admirable outspokenness.
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All together to fight
“Unity is strength, insists Geena Davis and when famous actresses, who have nothing more to fear for their careers, dare to speak, they lead other women in their wake. This is what gave power to the #MeToo movement. The militant actress spends a lot of time on the feminist cause with her Institute of Gender in Media and her film festival in Arkansas. "The documentary is another step towards ensuring that women find the place they deserve in the media industry and in the world," she says.
Among the discoveries that Everything can change! , the Bechdel-Wallace test, created by BD author Allison Bechdel, is one of the most edifying. To be successful, a work must bring together at least two female characters named and these women must have a conversation that does not relate to men. Only 40% of the 4,000 films analyzed passed the test. "Sexism is not just about putting actresses in small clothes," says Geena Davis. It can also take more pernicious forms as this test reveals. "
For women and men
To hear Natalie Portman, an adult, comment on a scene from Leon by Luc Besson where she was still a child is very revealing. "At the time of filming, she was only 12 years old, insists Geena Davis. And the film shows it as a sexual object. It is mind boggling. This sequence is emblematic of a militant but measured documentary, touching on the changes that should be made to improve things. “ Everything can change! can be of interest to both men and women, ”said Geena Davis. Both will have something to talk about after the screening.
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