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Host Your Own WONDER WOMEN! Screening Party on April 15!

Great Hera! Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines will have its national broadcast on Independent Lens Monday, April 15, 2013 on PBS.

Make it a special night at your house with your family and friends! KAPOW!

Go online to check channels and times for your area.

Katie_WWWonder Women! 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.

JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

If you’re on Twitter, use the #WWDocBroadcast hashtag or @WonderWomenDoc in your tweets.

If you’re on Facebook, tag Wonder Women Doc in your posts. To do this, go to facebook.com/WonderWomenDoc and “Like” us.

VOTE FOR THE AUDIENCE AWARD

The Independent Lens audience has the opportunity to stand up and be counted by rating each film throughout the season. At the end of the season, the highest rated film is honored.

You can vote for WONDER WOMEN! online.

ONLINE TALKBACK

WW_Snow GlobeThe hero is a key archetype in Western culture, yet heroes have almost invariably been male and white. Twenty-eight centuries since Achilles — arguably the first superhero — the classic heroic archetype remains unaltered: displaying the so-called “masculine” virtues of strength, courage, assertiveness, leadership, physicality, and sometimes violence.

Why are these characteristics considered “heroic”? What happens when women engage in ways of thought and behavior traditionally confined to “masculinity”? Why do most superheroes show little or no talent for communication, family, or empathetic caring? Why aren’t these values considered heroic, and how do our ideas about heroism reflect our culture’s values?

Let us know your thoughts!

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

Discussion Guide (PDF, 3.8MB)

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