for all screenings
Director
Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Executive Producers
Melinda French Gates, Malinda Wink, Melony and Adam Lewis, Aileen Getty, Susie Tompkins Buell, Ruth Ann Harnisch
Producers
Camille Servan-Schreiber, Gretchen Miller, Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Associate Producer
Hannah Chatalas
Impact Producer
Ariella Neckritz
Editors
Jessica Congdon, Jennifer Steinman Sternin
Co-Editors
Jessica Congdon, Jennifer Steinman Sternin
Cinematographer
Mario Furloni
Composer
Laura Karpman
Writers
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Camille Servan-Schreiber, Gretchen Miller
Contact
Hannah Chatalas hannah@503pr.com
More than a decade after MISS REPRESENTATION examined the ways mainstream media and popular culture have shaped and constrained women’s access to power, director Jennifer Siebel Newsom revisits that urgent inquiry in MISS REPRESENTATION: RISE UP. Fifteen years later, the forces limiting women’s agency have not disappeared — they have evolved, intensified, and taken root in an increasingly volatile digital landscape. As AI, algorithms, and deepfake technologies reshape the media ecosystem, they are also enabling new forms of gender-based harassment and manipulation aimed at undermining and silencing women and girls.
Grounded in the experiences of a new generation, MISS REPRESENTATION: RISE UP follows young women navigating this shifting terrain, weaving their personal stories together with insights from leaders across media, politics, culture, and academia. Together, they confront the forces working against women’s progress and imagine new pathways toward equity, agency, and power.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom is an award-winning filmmaker, advocate, and thought leader focused on gender equality and child well-being. She is the First Partner of California, founder of The Representation Project, and co-founder of the California Partners Project, and a mother of four.
Her films include MISS REPRESENTATION (2011), THE MASK YOU LIVE IN (2015), and FAIR PLAY (2022), which examine the impact of gender norms on individuals and society.