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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.
Original Release
01/20/2011
US Release
01/20/2011
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Self |
| Jean Kilbourne | Self - Filmmaker, 'Killing Us Softly', Author and Senior Scholar, Wellesley Centers for Women |
| Jim Steyer | Self - CEO, Common Sense Media, Lawyer & Professor of Civil Rights, Stanford University |
| Katie Couric | Self - Anchor, CBS Evening News / Self |
| Margaret Cho | Self - Comedienne, Actor & Activist / Self |
| Meenakshi Durham | Self - Author 'The Lolita Effect', Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Iowa |
| Jennifer Pozner | Self - Executive Director Women in Media & News, Author Reality Bites Back |
| Caroline Heldman | Self - Associate Professor of Political Science, Occidental College |
| Pat Mitchell | Self - President & CEO, Paley Center for Media, Former President & CEO of PBS |
| Gavin Newsom | Self - Lieutenant Governor, California, Former Mayor of San Francisco |
Directors
Writers
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jacoba Atlas, Jenny Raskin, Claire Dietrich, Jessica Congdon
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Self |
| Jean Kilbourne | Self - Filmmaker, 'Killing Us Softly', Author and Senior Scholar, Wellesley Centers for Women |
| Jim Steyer | Self - CEO, Common Sense Media, Lawyer & Professor of Civil Rights, Stanford University |
| Katie Couric | Self - Anchor, CBS Evening News / Self |
| Margaret Cho | Self - Comedienne, Actor & Activist / Self |
| Meenakshi Durham | Self - Author 'The Lolita Effect', Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Iowa |
| Jennifer Pozner | Self - Executive Director Women in Media & News, Author Reality Bites Back |
| Caroline Heldman | Self - Associate Professor of Political Science, Occidental College |
| Pat Mitchell | Self - President & CEO, Paley Center for Media, Former President & CEO of PBS |
| Gavin Newsom | Self - Lieutenant Governor, California, Former Mayor of San Francisco |
| Gloria Steinem | Self - Feminist Organizer & Writer, Co-Founder Women's Media Center / Self |
| Jennifer Lawless | Self - Associate Professor of Government, Director, Women & Politics Institute, American University |
| Cory Booker | Self - Mayor of Newark, New Jersey / Self |
| Condoleezza Rice | Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University |
| Dolores Huerta | Self - Activist & Co-Founder, United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta Foundation / Self |
| Marie Wilson | Self - Founding President, The White House Project |
| Devanshi Patel | Self - High School Senior |
| Ranna Patel | Self - Devanshi's Mother |
| Oliver Middlestaedt | Self - Youth & Government Governor of California |
| Carol Jenkins | Self - Founding President, Women's Media Center |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| Sarah E. Johnson | Executive Producer |
| Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
| Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Producer |
| Claire Dietrich | Producer |
| Vicki Abeles | Producer |
| Taylor Allbright | Producer |
| Jacoba Atlas | Producer |
| Debbie Brubaker | Producer |
| Susie Thompkins Buell | Producer |
| Julie Costanzo | Producer |
| Renée Gasch | Producer |
| Barbara Lee | Producer |
| Alana Leigh | Producer |
| Joslyn Rose Lyons | Producer |
| Sharon Nichols | Producer |
| Jamel Perkins | Producer |
| Amy Rao | Producer |
| Kara Ross | Producer |
| Roselyn C. Swig | Producer |
| Kyra Thompson | Producer |
| Diane B. Wilsey | Producer |
