Synopsis
Miss Representation (2011) is a documentary you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
The film's core argument is spelled out in its tagline: "You can't be what you can't see." Newsom interviews a wide range of women across media, politics and entertainment — Katie Couric, Jane Fonda, Geena Davis, Gloria Steinem, Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Maddow among them — documenting how consistently American mainstream culture ties women's worth to appearance over competence. The 85-minute runtime moves efficiently through statistics, archival clips and first-person accounts that rarely sit together in one place.
What makes it stick is that it isn't a grievance reel. It's a structural argument with receipts. Watch Miss Representation (2011) online on iFILM.
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