This Changes Everything (2018 film)

This Changes Everything
Film poster
Directed byTom Donahue
Produced byIlan Arboleda
Tom Donahue
Kerianne Flynn
CinematographyStefano Ferrari
Edited byJasmin Way
Music byLeigh Roberts and Allison Piccioni
Release date
  • 9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

This Changes Everything is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Tom Donahue.[1] An examination of sexism in the Hollywood film industry, the film interviews a variety of actresses and women filmmakers on their experiences in the industry.[2]

Featured in the movie is "film director Maria Giese, who was a key instigator of the ACLU and federal investigations, has been a feminist activist in Hollywood since 2014, when she wrote an explosive article for Ms. magazine in which she observed that entertainment is the worst offender of Title VII employment anti-discrimination laws of any U.S. industry. She casts a somewhat jaundiced eye on enterprises like Time’s Up, which was created within the Hollywood establishment to address workplace sexual harassment and assault, observing that it’s one of several collegial, inside-industry efforts undertaken to avoid legal action and government oversight. Those threats have served as a sort of twin sword of Damocles, forcing studios, networks and agencies to do the right thing after decades of denying there was a problem".[3]

  1. ^ "'This Changes Everything': Film Review | TIFF 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, September 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "TIFF review: This Changes Everything". Now, September 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Ann Hornaday (2021). "Oscar nominees are more diverse than ever. And that raises more questions about numbers and nuance". The Washington Post.