Miss Representation(2011)
dir. Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Media's role in shrinking what power looks like.
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Interviews with journalists, politicians, and media figures examine how narrow media portrayals of women connect to their underrepresentation in positions of power.
Why it’s here
Assembles an unusually wide range of women across politics, journalism, and entertainment to make one plain argument: the narrowness of how women get shown is not incidental to how few end up in power. Direct and unfussy, built to be shown and discussed, not just watched.
Where This Film Lives
- Setting
- North America
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