Jennifer Siebel Newsom – 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.

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FAIR PLAY – Review by Joan Amenn

June 28, 2022June 29, 2022 Joan Amenn art documentary, documentary, Eve Rodsky, Fair Play, gender gap, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Katie Porter, unequal family responsibilities

Based on a book of the same name by Eve Rodsky, director Jennifer Siebel Newsom attempts to bring a light touch to some very somber statistics about the effects of gender roles in families struggling to maintain their work life balance. Seen through the somewhat fractured prism of the recent Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, some of the humor can make a viewer wince rather than ruefully chuckle but the points raised are worth pursuing.