Film

Miss Representation

wyskNovember 18, 2011

Jennifer Siebel Newsom's documentary Miss Representation premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film uncovers how American mainstream media's limited and disparaging portrayals of women are spoon feeding yet another generation of America's youth the unfortunate concept that a woman's primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality - and not in her capacity as a leader....

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She Dared To Dream. They Dared To Believe.

wyskOctober 27, 2011

THE MIGHTY MACS, which opened last Friday, October 21st, is a film based on the incredible true story of the 1971-72 Immaculata College basketball team, the original Cinderella story in women's basketball. Coach Cathy Rush, a pioneer in women's sports, led the underdog team to three consecutive Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National titles from 1972-1974. ...

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When The Sewing Machinists Took On The Auto Giant: The Modern Movie That Taught Us A Women’s History Lesson

wyskOctober 25, 2011

This post could be considered long overdue. But, we all know it can take a busy woman some time to hear about a movie that's worth watching. Then tack on the ad...

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Beyond Bravery: Soledad O’Brien Documentary Profiles Women First Responders of 9/11

wyskSeptember 9, 2011

Women You Should Know would like to thank CNN anchor and special correspondent, Soledad O’Brien, for doing what so few media outlets did over the last decade and what the large majority are still not doing today, ten years later – profiling the women First Responders of 9/11....

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