Frances Haugen – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MISS REPRESENTATION: RISE UP (Tribeca 2026) – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

June 11, 2026June 16, 2026 Valerie Kalfrin Frances Haugen, gretchen carlson, Hillary Clinton, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jim Steyer, Katie Couric, Miss Representation: Rise Up, Sabrina Javellana, Soraya Johnson

Any woman knows being on social media can be a minefield if you’re considered too opinionated—but what if that’s by design? Such is one of the ideas covered in the documentary Miss Representation: Rise Up. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom (Fair Play), the film is a spiritual sequel to her 2011 documentary Miss Representation, which explored how limited portrayals of women in media—i.e., lots of bikinis and sex appeal—impacted the number of women in positions of power. Frustratingly, Miss Representation: Rise Up indicates how little has changed, even if the method of delivery has.

Festivals Reviews

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE (SXSW 2026) – Review by Leslie Combemale

March 22, 2026March 26, 2026 Leslie Combemale documentary, Frances Haugen, Sara Robin, social media, SXSW 2026, The Offline Club, Your Attention Please

Your Attention Please is a studied, engaging, albeit terrifying documentary about the potential benefits and numerous harms of social media. In it, director Sara Robin lays out where we are with social media, in terms of regulation and impact on society, and how that might be an indication of the potential benefits and damage AI could be globally to our communal future.