Feminist+Night+at+the+Movies+2013



**Feminist Night at the Movies 2013 **
 * Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines **

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 * Feminist Night at the Movies ** features **//Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroine// **s at ALA Annual in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2012 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Chicago (151 E. Wacker Drive) in Columbus AB. Filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan will be at the showing to discuss the movie and the making of the movie.

//Wonder Women//, a PBS Independent Lens production filmed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and produced by Kelcey Edwards, traces the evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman and explores how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. It features TV stars Lynda Carter (//Wonder Woman//) and Lindsay Wagner (//The Bionic Woman//), as well as Gloria Steinem and others who take a feminist approach to this pop culture genre.
 * Commentary **
 * ** Cleveland International Film Festival ** a look at how societal takes on women's liberation affect the popular representation of powerful females
 * ** New York Daily News ** makes an important point seriously and well
 * ** Seattle Star ** raises serious and interesting questions regarding the lack of strong female role models in comics and media in general
 * ** More ** at the Wonder Women website!