Miss America [digital video].

Title:

Added Author:

Ades, Lisa, film director.

Steinem, Gloria, actor.

Mizrahi, Issac, actor.

Cho, Margaret, actor.

Publication Date:

2002

2019

Publication Information:

Women Make Movies, 2002.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events—MISS AMERICA paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation. The pageant is about commercialism and sexual politics, about big business and small towns. But beyond the symbolism lies a human story—at once moving, inspiring, infuriating, funny, and poignant. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and at the **SXSW Film Festival.** "*Superb…effortlessly mines perspective, poignancy and cultural significance for an exercise that has embodied the essence of kitsch and tacky…*" - ***The Hollywood Reporter***

General Note:

Title from title frames.

Film

In Process Record.

Performers:

Gloria Steinem, Issac Mizrahi, Margaret Cho

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Gender identity.

Mass media and culture.

Women's studies.