Miss America

Miss America (2002)


  • Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2002-01-27
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Production Company: Clio TV
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Lisa Ades

Summary

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. Combining rare archival footage, with a host of intimate interviews with distinguished commentators including Gloria Steinem, Margaret Cho, Isaac Mizrahi, former contestants and behind–the–scenes footage and photographs, the film reveals why some women took part in the fledgling event and why others briefly rejected it - how the pageant became a battle ground and a barometer for the changing position of women in society.

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  • Cherry Jones

    as Narrator
  • Julia Álvarez

    as Self
  • Sarah Banet-Weiser

    as Self
  • Margaret Cho

    as Self
  • Kimberly Clarice Aiken

    as Self
  • Ric Ferentz

    as Self
  • William Goldman

    as Self
  • Vicki Gold Levi

    as Self
  • Leonard Horn

    as Self
  • Lee Meriwether

    as Self
  • Isaac Mizrahi

    as Self
  • Mary Ann Mobley

    as Self
  • Robin Morgan

    as Self
  • Kathy Peiss

    as Self
  • Tricia Rose

    as Self
  • Kate Shindle

    as Self
  • Gloria Steinem

    as Self
Camera Peter Nelson Director of Photography
Camera Buddy Squires Director of Photography
Camera Stephen McCarthy Director of Photography
Directing Lisa Ades Director
Writing Michelle Ferrari Writer
Production Lisa Ades Producer
Production Margaret Drain Executive Producer
Production Jeanne Houck Executive Producer
Production Lesli Klainberg Producer
Production Sarah Kramer Associate Producer
Production Cara Martes Consulting Producer
Production Susan Mottau Coordinating Producer
Production Mark Samels Producer
Production Cheryl Teetzel Associate Producer
Production Lola Van Wagenen Executive Producer
Sound Douglas J. Cuomo Music
Editing Toby Shimin Editor
Directing Curt Casassa First Assistant Director

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