♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we're gonna be discussing #TimesUp...
- Ooh, yes! Oh, I know what that is. Mm-hmm.
- (FBE) ...a movement against sexual harassment
that was founded just recently,
but started to gain major visibility at this year's Golden Globes.
- Yeah, I saw that they wore all black.
I understand what they're doing,
but this should've happened a long time ago.
- Now we gotta fight these people, fight these problems
and then change it. - (FBE) So we're gonna
show some of the speeches from this year's Golden Globes
related to the #TimesUp movement and discuss it more after.
- Oh, I'm gonna cry!
(choked up) I am. I'm already...
- (Laura) Thank you, HFPA. - Laura Dern.
- (Laura) ...of joining in the company
of these extraordinary fellow nominees
who inspire me so deeply. - Yup.
- (Laura) Many of us were taught not to tattle.
- That's true. - (Laura) It was a culture
of silencing and that was normalized.
- Yup. - (Laura) I urge all of us
to not only support survivors and bystanders who are brave enough
to tell their truth... - She is so articulate.
- (Laura) ...but to promote restorative justice.
- That's exactly right. - (Laura) May we also please
protect and employ them. - That's big. Employ them.
- (Laura) May we teach our children that speaking out...
- Mm-hmm. It's important to speak out.
- (Laura) ...without the fear of retribution
is our culture's new North Star. - Yup.
Get it, girl! - I was also a child
who was taught not to tattle on people,
and I never really understood that. The fact that people
are actually standing up and saying that these things
are going on is very powerful.
- Any place where you are made to feel less than
is a time to speak out. And it is on us as the adults,
as the parents in the world to talk to our children about this.
- (Frances) It was really great to be in this room tonight...
- Oh, I love her! - I love her so much.
- (Frances) ...and to be a part of the tectonic shift
in our industry's power structure. - Yes.
- (Frances) Trust me. The women in this room tonight
are not here for the food. - (laughs)
- (Frances) We are here for the work.
- Tell 'em! - (Frances) Thank you.
- Yup. - It's just a way of saying,
there's nothing material that we're here for
that you're giving us. We're just here to work
and to express ourselves. - The ways that we're--
women have been asked to compromise their values
and their integrity for a job is really reprehensible,
and so, really, time is really up.
- (Guillermo) We are honored... - Oh, this was the best.
- (Guillermo) ...to be here to present the award
for Best Director. - Get it, Natalie.
- (Natalie) And here are the all-male nominees.
- Ohh! - (Guillermo chuckles)
- Oh! (laughs)
- (Natalie) Here are the all-male nominees.
- Oh. (chuckles) - That was so great.
- I'm uncomfortable. I'm uncomfortable.
And you should be.
- Natalie Portman just threw the right shade
at the right time, and she's right.
In the history of the Golden Globes, I think Barbara Streisand
is the only female director to ever win.
- Guys are working really hard too, and there's good, hard-working guys
as well as good, hard-working girls.
I just think that's not really the problem.
It's the fact that they're not even getting
an opportunity in there.
- (Oprah) What I know for sure... - There she is.
- (Oprah) ...speaking your truth... - Ah, Oprah.
- Yes, girl! - Oprah.
Oh my god, bless.
- (Oprah) ...speaking your truth is the most powerful tool
we all have. - Yes!
- (Oprah) And I'm especially proud and inspired by all the women
who have felt strong enough... - Meryl's like, "Go baby, go!"
- (Oprah) But it's not just a story affecting the entertainment industry.
It's one that transcends any culture, geography...
- That's the thing. This is not--
It's not affecting just one anything.
- (Oprah) So I want tonight to express gratitude
to all the women who have endured...
- Yes! - (Oprah) ...years of abuse
and assault... - Thank you!
- (Oprah) ...because they, like my mother,
- Right. - (Oprah) ...had children to feed
and bills to pay... - That's right.
- (Oprah) ...and dreams to pursue. - Love this. I mean...
- (Oprah) As we all have lived too many years in a culture
broken by brutally powerful men. - Yup.
- (Oprah) For too long, women have not been heard
or believed... - That's right.
- (Oprah) ...if they dared to speak their truth
to the power of those men.
- Oh my gosh.
- (Oprah) But their time is up. - (crowd cheering)
- Just how she talks, too. Ah, gives me chills.
- She's the ultimate truth speaker. - (Oprah) Their time is UP!
- (claps) So good. I love Oprah. Oh my god.
- Stand up for her. I stood up at home. (laughs)
- Everyone's standing up. - (Oprah) Time is up.
- (claps)
- (Oprah) The truth of so many other women
who were tormented in those years and even now tormented
goes marching on. - Speak it!
- (Oprah) And it's here with every woman
who chooses to say, "Me too"... - (crowd cheers)
- (Oprah) ...and every man who chooses to listen.
So I want all the girls watching here and now
to know that a new day is on the horizon!
- It is. I think this is a moment where women have more hope
than they've had in a very long time.
- (Oprah) ...new day finally dawns. - See, if we were gonna have
a famous person be a president, why couldn't it have been Oprah?
- This is where Rock realized that maybe vice president
is gonna be his thing. (laughs)
- (Oprah) ...'cause of a lot of magnificent women...
- Yeah. - (Oprah) ...many of whom
are right here in this room tonight. - Yeah!
- (Oprah) And some pretty phenomenal men...
- Right? It's men too. It's all of us.
- (Oprah) ...that they become
the leaders who... - Common, that's right, baby!
You a good support. Tom Hanks!
- (Oprah) ...nobody ever has to say, "Me too"
again. - That's right. Ever again.
Amen, Oprah. Awomen, Oprah!
- Oh my god, that's so good. It's about damn time.
- I teared up. I was crying.
I was clapping. I was overjoyed
at the moment coming together. - I did tear up that night.
I mean, I don't know who didn't.
And I was watching it with my daughter,
so it just made it that more precious.
- I like the fact, though, that she mentioned culture also,
because what we fail to realize too, yes, it was women,
but they don't understand there were men
who were also victims.
So we need to take that into consideration too.
- (FBE) After this speech, Oprah was the talk of social media
with many saying she should run for president.
- Yeah. Oprah 2020. I saw that hashtag too,
and I was like, I'm down.
- (FBE) And there have since been rumors she may consider it.
- No [bleep] way! Hell yeah.
- (FBE) But she hasn't said anything yet.
What do you think about that? - I think she should run.
I'd totally vote for her. - I'm not going to go as far
as to say that she should run the country,
but dang, can she make a speech.
- I have mixed emotions about that,
because I think we're learning from our current president
that just because you are a media personality
and perhaps talented in your own field,
it doesn't necessarily translate to being a politician
and to running a country. - Right now, people are so hungry
for positivity and for a leader of any type to be uplifting.
And if people wanna say, "Go, Oprah 2020,"
then that's fine. Let 'em hold on to that.
- (FBE) All right, so the #TimesUp initiative
was created by many working women in Hollywood
in the wake of the sexual harassment and assault scandals
that shook the industry over the last year
that has finally come to light. - Let's [bleep] clean up Hollywood.
I love it. - We as women are not
going back. It's not gonna happen. - Personally, for myself,
posted a hashtag, #MeToo. Even though the movement
was started for women to feel like they could speak out,
I felt like I should too. - #MeToo, #MeToo.
I mean, I've been in that situation myself
and I speak out about it. I've written about it in a blog
that I have, because it's important.
- (FBE) Well, this mission is to provide resources
and support across all lines of work to protect people
against sexual harassment and the fallout that comes
when you report it. - Right.
- I'm starting to become part of the mission.
I've already donated money to it.
- (FBE) One of their first direct actions was to call
on all women at the Golden Globes to wear black.
- Okay, I heard of that, yeah. - it's a good starting point.
Everyone should not just wear black, obviously,
like I do all the time, but you know, speak out.
- I love the fact that they all wore black.
It's the tangible action behind saying what you believe.
- (FBE) For you, is this type of harassment a big issue,
not just in Hollywood? - I think it's everywhere.
I mean, I don't think it's just in the industry.
- Harassment is prominent everywhere.
It doesn't just apply to Hollywood. I think Hollywood's kind of
calling it, because they have a spotlight.
- It's unfortunate that women have to deal with it
and they feel pressure that they have to stay quiet.
Sometimes they even feel like it's their fault,
you know, that it happened, and that's just ridiculous.
- This is definitely a problem, national, international,
all over the world. It would also benefit...
I don't know, I might go out of my way on this one,
but it might benefit some men too, you know what I'm saying?
Some men go through that too. - I have been sexually harassed
in the workplace, and I didn't say anything
about it at all, because I was like...
I basically just said for myself, "Whatever. It is what it is,
and I'm a dude, so meh. Doesn't matter."
But then I stopped doing that.
I stopped being quiet about it,
because there's no reason that anybody should.
- My life, you know, since I was probably about five,
I've had experiences where that has been, you know what I mean,
a hell for me. I've always been... I'm gonna cry.
(choked up) I've always been...
Like, my life doesn't have to be ruined because of it.
- And as a gay woman, you know, I've had
the inappropriate comments of, well, you know,
"You just haven't had the right man."
Or "You know, oh, I could"-- "You know, I've got"--
"Listen, if you came over to my place,
I could really take care of that.
I could [bleep] the lesbian right out of you."
I've had that. I've had inappropriate touching.
I've had all of that. When I say #MeToo,
I mean #MeToo.
- I've been in that situation myself.
This person I was chatting with and flirting with and then,
he followed me into a bathroom and assaulted me.
So let's say that was not something I asked for.
And it was at a summer camp. I got called in by the director,
and when she asked me about it, I said, "Well, you know,
I was-- I don't know. I was buzzed, actually."
So there were things, parts of it, that I felt like,
you know, were whatever, somehow my fault.
And she said to me, "It is NOT your fault."
This movement is hopefully, if it hopefully does
what it should do, takes that stigma out of it,
and also for men out there
that are doing this kind of harassment to stop.
- (FBE) There was also a lot of backlash associated
with the Golden Globes. One subject getting a lot
of attention is that though many men wore patches in support
of the movement, many were quick to point out that none
of the male winners acknowledged the movement outright
in their speeches. - Ooh. Interesting.
- (FBE) Some have felt the reason is this was them not wanting
to take away from the women of the night.
Others think the silence is very telling of larger issues.
In your opinion, did the men handle things properly at the show
by not outright talking about it like the women did?
- I think they handled it the best they could.
It's a very difficult situation. Men feel the pressure
to not talk too, you know? Because so-and-so is gonna
take them down if they speak about them.
- The men handle it fine, because honestly,
it's like, what can they say? Everybody already said everything.
That's an awkward moment, you know, sitting there,
and you're hearing about these men's actions
and you're that gender. - It was wonderful
that, for whatever reason, they didn't say anything,
because it wasn't their time. It's time for men to listen
and just to hear so that they can see
what they can do to help. - I would've liked to see more men
talking about it frankly because I think that
that would be a very powerful way
of making your own personal statement.
Grow some balls, dudes, and speak up.
And that would've been the right time,
but there'll be other times too.
- Men should take into consideration this,
because we're not-- we might experience something similar,
but never to the same extent that they're going through right now.
But there is the second part that's like...
I feel like a lot of men that speak out
in certain movements like this, especially female prominent
might get backlash for doing that. Are you going to completely ignore
the movement or are you going to try to take part
and speak up for what you believe in regardless of the backlash?
- (FBE) So finally, with the awards season
for the industry in full swing, do you think we'll keep seeing
these types of speeches made, and will it lead to change?
- I hope it does. Honestly, I'm really hopeful.
I hope it's not something that we're like, "Oh,
remember when that happened?" but then nothing really changed.
- I definitely think it's going to continue
to create change. We have to continue
to teach our children, boys and girls,
you know what I mean, the right way of things.
I think we definitely need to continue to speak up,
and I think we need to call every single person
that has done this out. - My greatest hope is that
we will still-- we will keep hearing these speeches being made
and men's voices will join, and we'll all join in,
and this will start not just being a social movement,
but also become policy change. 2018 is shaping up
to be a very powerful and important year
for women in particular, and I for one, as a woman,
I'm really happy to see it happen.
♪ (industrial music) ♪