Miss Representation

Miss Representation is a 2011 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. It explores how mainstream media contribute to the underrepresentation 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.

The film previewed on October 18, 2010, at an awards luncheon hosted by the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women. 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.A calltoaction campaign grew out of the film that includesa Twitter campaign to call out offensive media,a crowdsourced list of media that represent women and girls fairly,a virtual internship program to recruit representatives,guides for media representation conversation starters,guides for electing females for political office,weekly action alerts,gender equality principles andresources amp tools for action. ........

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