Miss Representation
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| Directed by | Jennifer Siebel Newsom |
| Produced by | Jennifer Siebel Newsom Julie Costanzo |
| Written by | Jennifer Siebel Newsom Jessica Congdon Claire Dietrich Jenny Raskin |
| Music by | Eric Holland |
| Cinematography | Svetlana Cvetko John Behrens Ben Wolf Norman Bonney Nathan Levine-Heaney Brad Seals Boryana Alexandrova Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker |
| Edited by | Jessica Congdon |
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Girls' Club Entertainment
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $750,000 (est.) |
Miss Representation is a 2011 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom.[1][2] It explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions by circulating limited and often disparaging portrayals of women. The film premiered in the documentary competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[3]
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Synopsis
The film interweaves stories from teenage girls with provocative interviews, to give an inside look at the media and its message. The film’s motto, “You can't be what you can't see,” underscores an implicit message that young women need and want positive role models, and that the media has thus far neglected its unique opportunity to provide them. The film includes a social action campaign to address change in policy, education and call for socially responsible business.[4][5]
Screenings
The film previewed on October 18, 2010, at an awards luncheon hosted by the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women.[6] The film premiered on January 22, 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival, and was followed by appearing at the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College in NYC in February.
Recognition
The Oprah Winfrey Network acquired broadcast rights for the film following its premiere.[7]
- Audience Award from[8]
- Official Selection at[8]
- 2011 Atlanta Film Festival.
- 2011 Dallas Film Festival.
- 2011 Denver Film Festival.
- 2011 New Port Beach Film Festival.
- 2011 New Zealand Film Festival.
- 2011 San Francisco Film Festival.
- 2011 Silver Docs Film Festival.
- 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
- Other[8]
- 2011 Maui Film Festival: Movies Matter Award
- 2012 Gracie Allen Awards: Outstanding Documentary.[9]
Advocacy efforts
A call-to-action campaign grew out of the film that includes 1) a Twitter campaign to call out offensive media, 2) a crowd-sourced list of media that represent women and girls fairly, 3) a virtual internship program to recruit representatives, 4) guides for media representation conversation starters, 5) guides for electing females for political office, 6) weekly action alerts, 7) gender equality principles and 8) resources & tools for action.[10]
See also
References
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- ↑ http://therepresentationproject.org/take-action
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 2011 films
- English-language films
- Official website not in Wikidata
- American documentary films
- American films
- American independent films
- Documentary films about women
- Documentary films about the media
- Documentary films about feminism
- 2010s documentary films
- Women in the United States
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