I stumbled upon this movie by chance. Just an ad on the side of my facebook. I clicked on it and was taken to www.missrepresentation.org. I started looking at this amazing site. Then I saw the trailer for this film. Immediately I got goose bumps and I HAD to see this movie.
I found out where a screening was going to be near me and got tickets for me and two of my closest girlfriends. We just saw the movie last night. I could hardly sleep last night. I was thinking about this movie that much. I discussed topics from this movie for well over an hour with my friends. I spent the morning talking about it with my husband, stepfather and a mom in my son’s class. I can’t stop thinking about it and how sincerely it has forever changed me. A movie hasn’t changed me this much since I watched “Blood Diamond” and I decided to never again wear diamonds.
It was, for me like a slap in the face. A revival slap. Like, “Hey Nora! Remember when you were a girl and you had a million dreams and aspirations and you were going to change the world?? Well?? What is stopping you. GET UP and DO IT.” It is hard to describe without making less of what I am doing and have done. I love my life. I love my kids and my husband. I work, I clean I take care of them but I need to do more. I need to be a part of this movement. One I was a part of that somehow I inadvertently left behind like a dream of a former life.
And that is the magic of this movie. It is in your face and it makes you want to do something big and wonderful and really change the world. It is magnificent and it should be seen everywhere by Women especially but Men too. Men need to know what they can do to be a part of the solution.
Please if there is a screening near you GO, RUN to this movie. If there isn’t a screening then arrange one. Make it happen. This message is vital to the future of not only women but humanity as a whole.
absolutely beautiful. well said, nora. not only was this a brilliant film, but the organization and activism the film maker and her team have created in order to further the purpose of the film is a breath of fresh air. i’m so happy to be part of continuing the movement and may many, many more wonderful films like this come along in the immediate future.