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The team behind Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines, a 2012 SXSW Film Festival premiere, will host a community event benefitting the Girls Empowerment Network (GENaustin).
Attendees will have the opportunity to:
· See snippets from the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines.
· Listen to a Q&A with Wonder Women! Director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Producer Kelcey Edwards, moderated by Mary Celeste Kearney, Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
· Enter a superheroine/superhero costume contest.
· Enjoy food and refreshments.
· See superheroine artwork created by girls in GENaustin programs.
The event is free and open to the Austin community, a SXSW badge or film pass is not required to attend. Staff from GENaustin will be on hand to collect $5.00 donations for the organization. Created in 1996, GENaustin,www.genaustin.org, supports and guides girls as they navigate the unique pressures of girlhood.
Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, WONDER WOMEN! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. WONDER WOMEN! goes behind the scenes with Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, comic writers and artists, and real life superheroines such as Gloria Steinem, Shelby Knox and others who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male dominated superhero genre.