Miss Representation, from Miss Representation.org is brought to our community by TARP – the Tolerance and Respect project. This highly acclaimed documentary film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women and girls have led to the under representation of women in positions of power and influence. Mainstream media bombards children and adults alike with overwhelming messages that marginalize and objectify women. These messages can have damaging effects on girls and boys.

An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Miss Representation will be shown at FPAC – Freeport Performing Arts Center – on January 30th, 2012 @6:30p. The movie will be followed by a panel discussion featuring student leaders and representatives from Hardy Girls Healthy Women and Boys to Men.

This event is Co‐Sponsored by Boys to Men, Freeport High School, Hardy Girls Healthy Women and Merriconeag Waldorf High School.

What: Miss Representation, a documentary film
When: TONIGHT January 30th @ 6:30pm
Where: Freeport Performing Arts Center, Donations of $5 accepted at the door

**PLEASE NOTE: Due to some explicit content, this film is intended for adults and High School age students (14 and older) ONLY**.

View the Trailer here:

TARP, the Tolerance and Respect Project, is a committee within Freeport Community Services composed of a cross-section of civic leaders and concerned activists. We are parents, grandparents, school administrators, teachers, education and health professionals, librarians, police officers and more. We aim to promote civility, compassion, kindness and understanding within the RSU 5 schools and throughout the greater community of Freeport, Pownal and Durham. Our hope is that we can create a healthy and safe culture for our children by providing programming and support for students, families, teachers and school administrators.

FMI about TARP: Dede Bennell
email: bennelld@rsu5.org