Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s award winning documentary Miss Representation presents distortions of the practical realities of the lives of women and girls
The film will be screened on the Oprah OWN Network Thursday, October 20th
San Francisco, California … Partnerships For Change, is an international non-profit whichhas sponsoredthe documentary and is supporting the release of the highly acclaimed and social media sensation Miss Representation.
“When I was working with Ms. Siebel Newsom early on in the project I knew she was onto documenting adeep wound in our society. It was through Newsom’s research and interviews that she was able to bring forward thelong held practices ofcorporate advertisers and the media who endlessly promote sexist images of girls and women. Theseportrayals not only harms women’s lives, character, and potential it is reinforcing these stereotypes for the next generation of girls and boys. The time has come to create a community of individuals forwarding a movement of positive media representation of women in TV, film and the media.”Jackie Miller, President and CEO of Partnerships For Change, announced when she saw the completed project.
Partnerships For Change’s mission is based in education and action and is leading the charge to promote the empowered realities of women’s and girls lives in India, Africa, Cambodia, and here in the US. As consumers of mass culture, products, and television, women hold the lion share of purchasing power. There is actionwomen can take today to end this onslaught of limitations and lies about the realities of women and girls daily lives.
Partnerships For Change is encouraging women and their families to go to Partnerships For Change and commit to take the following simple ACTION STEPS:
1.WATCH –- Miss Representation on Oprah’s OWN network on Thursday, October 20th at 9/8c: Miss Representation brings together some of America’s most influential women in politics, news, and entertainment, including: Nancy Pelosi, Condoleezza Rice,Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem to give audiences an inside look at the media’s message 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.“This is a human rights movement, not a women’s movement.” Oprah Winfrey. OWN, acquired the Sundance Film Festival favorite documentary, Miss Representation, to further the dialogue among the ever-increasing OWN audience.
2. EDUCATE -- Host a screening party for Miss Representation or a attend one near you! To learn more please go to missrepresentation.org.
3. DONATE -- Partnerships For Changehas been working for over 20 years promoting social and economic transformation through direct humanitarian action, sustainable development, and the production of film and media projects. We are currently working on projects in India, Africa, Cambodia, Italy, and the US by empowering individuals to achieve their full potential as well as building and strengthening community partnerships. To learn more and make a donation to support Partnerships For Changeprojects please go to: DONATE NOW!
For more information or press inquires about Partnerships For Change please email Kath Delaney at kdelaney@maderagroup.net or call 415-531-1642.
