Miss Representation Film Screening and Panel Discussion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BFWW FEATURES ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY MISS REPRESENTATIONScreening Followed by a Panel Discussion with Four Distinguished Women Leaders (Lenox, MA – February 21, 2012) – The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers will feature a new documentary Miss Representation at the Simon’s Rock Lecture Center on Wednesday, March 14 at 7pm. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. Miss Representation is an expose on how American mainstream media contributes to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence, and the perception that women’s worth lies more in youth, beauty, and sexuality than in leadership capacity.San Francisco-based director Jennifer Siebel Newsom comments,…