Public Newsroom #57: What is Intersectional Feminist Media?

6:00 pm — 8:00 pm

The 2017 Women’s March saw an estimated 5 million people take to the streets to advocate that “women’s rights are human rights.” Media coverage ranged from calling the march a moment of unity to a moment of critique for feminism that has often centered white cis-women. In the documentary Why We March, filmmakers Theresa Campagna, Isaura Flores and Laurie Little used the latter framework to cover the historic moment. One of the central questions of their film: How can media prepare this generation (and the next one) of feminists be more inclusive to end sexism? During this week’s Public Newsroom, the filmmakers will show clips of  Why We March for discussion and also talk through what mainstream media gets wrong when covering feminist issues.

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