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. It explores how mainstream media contributes 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.
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. The movie brought along a lot of positive movement and encourages those who viewed the film to take the pledge against gender misrepresentations using hashtags like #RepresentHer and #DisruptTheNarrative.
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.
The cast included both celebrities and political members as actors. This included people such as Hillary Clinton, Ellen Degeneres, Dolly Parton, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin, and more. For the complete list, [1]
The film includes soundtracks and music from the bands and composers including Metric, Alan Moorhouse, Van Phillips, Jules Larson, Chinatown, and Randi Skyland.
Help, I'm Alive -Metric
Gold Guns Girls -Metric
In The Swing -Alan Moorhouse
Tom Fool -Van Phillips
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