When the documentary Miss Representation premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, audiences were riveted and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network acquired its broadcast rights.
Miss Representation — premiering tonight at 9pm ET on OWN — brings together some of America’s most influential women in politics, news and entertainment, including Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem to give audiences an inside look at the media’s message about and depiction of women.
The film explores women’s under-representation in positions of power by challenging their limited and often disparaging portrayals in the media. Miss Representation takes the stand that the media is portraying women’s primary values as their youth, beauty and sexuality – rather than their capacity as leaders.
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THANK YOU for speaking out for women everywhere. Don’t quit! Here’s something you should know: The show the “History of the World in 2 Hours” has NO women in it! No depiction of women, no mention of women!! I guess that would have made the movie last more than 2 hours…