Katie Couric – 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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BARBARA WALTERS TELL ME EVERYTHING (Tribeca 2025) – Review by Leslie Combemale

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 Leslie Combemale Anwar Sadat, Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything, bette midler, Bob Iger, Connie Chung, Diana Ross, Diane Sawyer, documentary, hulu, Jackie Jesko, Katie Couric, Monica Lewinsky, oprah winfrey, roy cohn, Tribeca 2025

Barbara Walters died in 2022, so it was time for a good survey of her importance to forwarding the path for working women, and her historic place in journalism. In Tell Me Everything, there are no deep insights, and the documentary isn’t breaking any new ground, unlike the woman herself. Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything still makes for compelling tv, and will likely inspire audiences who didn’t know just how important she was and is to American history. It’s a good thing it will stream on Hulu, where a wide audience will have access to it.

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UNCHARTED (Tribeca 2023) – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

June 12, 2023 Valerie Kalfrin Alicia Keys, Beth Aala, documentaries, Katie Couric, She Is The Music, Uncharted

In the documentary Uncharted, multiple Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Alicia Keys remembers how male executives would dismiss her early in her career. “They immediately figured I couldn’t produce, I couldn’t write,” she says. “They didn’t care about what I could offer in a professional capacity.” She also recalls how she would “shake on my way to sessions,” knowing she’d be the only woman in the studio and wondering what the vibe would be. Ostensibly about a nonprofit songwriting and mentoring camp Keys co-founded with other women in the recording industry, Uncharted also is a call to action for putting more women behind the music. That includes writers, producers, engineers, and executives.