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Part II: Representations of Gender, Race, and Class

Video 1: Miss Representation
Description: This 2011 film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom demonstrates how the media influences women’s underrepresentation in politics and positions of power.

Video 2: Bill Pozzobon Breaking the Boys Code of Masculinity
Description: The Director of the Safe Teens Boys Program speaks about challenging the code of masculinity.

Video 3: Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
Description: Based on the book of the same name, this film presents Professor Jack Shaheen’s analysis of the media’s historical and contemporary portrayals of Arab people, culture, and religion.

Web 1: Demystifying the Language of Gender
Description: The Independent Lens Blog from PBS provides easy to understand definitions for gender-related terminology.

Web 2: The Representation Project
Description: This website provides tools, resources, and films for using film and media to disrupt sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia.

Web 3: Gender Inequity in 500 Popular Films
Description: This fourth report from the Annenberg School of Communication examines on-screen portrayals and behind-the-scenes hiring practices of popular films from 2007 to 2012.