• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Athena Film Festival

Athena Film Festival

March 2021

  • About Us
    • Mission & Vision
    • Plans for 2021
    • Athena Code of Conduct
    • Founders
    • Team
    • Commitment to Inclusion
    • Accessibility
    • Land Acknowledgment
    • Photo Galleries
    • Press Inquiries
  • Support
    • Sponsors
    • Become A Sponsor
  • Submit
    • Submit Your Short
    • Submit to The Athena List
  • Program
    • Schedule
    • 2021 Program Areas
    • Panels and Conversations
    • Films & Events
  • Parity Pipeline
    • About the Parity Pipeline
    • The Athena List
    • Screenwriting Labs
    • Works-In-Progress Program
    • Women & STEM
  • Awards
    • Athena Awards
    • Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Athena Leading Man Award
    • Breakthrough Award
    • Athena List
    • Athena Ad Awards

Work-in-Progress: Represent

James Room

  • Director: Hillary Bachelder
  • Type: Works in Progress
  • Year: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Screening: Mar 3 02:00 PM

Represent is an intimate look at first-time, female candidates running for state and local office across the Midwest. The film follows three parallel stories over two years: Myya Jones, a 22-year-old recent graduate running for Mayor of Detroit, Bryn Bird, a produce farmer in rural Ohio fighting for progressive values as township trustee, and Julie Cho, a conservative Korean immigrant running for State Representative in Illinois. With behind-the-scenes verité and thought-provoking archival, Represent takes a tender, nuanced approach to politics and sets these three deeply personal stories against the backdrop of women’s representation in our democracy.

Footer

  • Home
  • Press
  • Become A Sponsor
  • Getting Here
  • Contact
  • Submit
  • Sitemap

Founding Organizations

Women and Hollywood
Athena Center for Leadership Studies

Founding Sponsor

Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram

©2020 Athena Film Festival