Miss Representation, a Sundance Film Festival documentary sensation that exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of American power, will be screened at 6 p.m. Wednesday June 5th at Venable LLP, 750 E. Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore. The Greater Maryland Chapter of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, a group of professional accountants, lawyers, turnaround specialists and others who work with financially stressed companies, is hosting the free screening. Food, drink and discussion will follow.
To watch the provocative trailer for Miss Representation, click here: https://vimeo.com/28122207 To reserve space at the June 5th screening, please respond to [email protected].
Premiered at Sundance in 2011, Miss Representation is written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself. The distribution of the film has been the catalyst for a social action campaign led by MissRepresentation.org, which is attempting to ignite a cross-generational movement to shift the cultural mindset of communities, interrupt and stop patterns of sexism, change the way women and girls are represented in the media and ensure a tipping point that will lead to gender parity in leadership throughout the United States. For more information, go to www.missrepresentation.org
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