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Q&A: Miss Representation
Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s empowering documentary Miss Representation explores the underrepresentation of women in media, government, and business. Blending interviews with female leaders (Gloria Steinem, Condoleezza Rice, Geena Davis, and Katie Couric to name a few) and politicians including her husband Lieutenant Governor of California Gavin Newsom, and eye-opening statistics on the role of women in American society, Siebel Newsom’s directorial debut is what she likes to label a “call-to-action” film. Weaved throughout Miss Representation is the director’s own story – dealing with discrimination as an educated, late 20-something in the acting world, a two-year struggle with an eating disorder, and the birth of her daughter Montana.