Praise for The Film
The first film to recognize the importance of comic book characters in providing strong, active role models for girls and women…fills a void in popular culture critiques about the profound influence of media in shaping notions of what women can be and do. – Caroline Heldman, Professor of Politics and Political Commentator
5 Stars. If you have a daughter, it is a moral imperative that you show her this film as soon as possible. – Jessica Baxter, Film Threat
Turns what could’ve just been a flat history of a comic book character into a brief study of female empowerment in the last century. – Angela Watercutter, Wired.com
Makes a moving case for the necessity of heroic women in pop culture, never more affectingly than when a fourth-grade girl…tells how this fantasy figure in star-spangled shorts inspires her to never give up. – Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle
If you’re like me, or one of the other 400 women mouthing ‘Yes! Yes!’ during the screening, then WONDER WOMEN! will be candy for your inner feminist. – Joelle Pearson, Austin Woman Magazine
Media Links
The Mendocino Independent, May 10, 2012, “7th Annual Mendocino Film Festival”
The Stranger, May 8, 2012, “Golden Tickets: Six Films Worth Getting Excited About in Advance of SIFF 2012”
Tribeca Film Institute, April 27, 2012, “TAA Grantees and Awards Announced”
Action Flick Chick, April 24, 2012, “ActionFest Screening: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (2012)”
Yin Radio, University of Idaho, April 21, 2012, “Trina Robbins and Kristy Guevara-Flanagan Are Interviewed About Their Work.”
Movies.com, April 20, 2012, “ActionFest Dispatch”
Girls Gone Geek, April 16, 2012, “Wonder Women’ Documentary is Powerful Viewing”
ActionFest, April 13, 2012, “Watch: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines”
Ms. Magazine Blog, April 6, 2012, “The Hunger Games, Hollywood and Fighting Fuck Toys”
Barnard College’s Monthly Magazine, April 6, 2012, “Wonder Woman Follow Up: An Interview With Kristy Guevara-Flanagan”
Daily DCU.com, April 3, 2012, “DailyDCU.com Interview With “Wonder Women!” Director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan”
GeekMom.com, April 2, 2012, “Geek Gal Film Fangasm: Wonder Woman’s Untold Story”
Film Threat, March 31, 2012, “WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES”
WBAI, New York - 99.5 FM, March 30, 2012, “Rise Up Radio, (interview begins minute 14)”
RH Reality Check, March 26, 2012, “Female Superheroes, Weak Excuses, and War on Porn (interview begins minute 7:27)”
The Women’s International Perspective (The WIP), March 24, 2012, “SXSW 2012 Film Festival: Documentary Report”
MTV Act, March 23, 2012, “Wonder Woman Comic Inspires Super Heroines of Today: Gaga, Demi + More!”
The Brand Curators of 97° West, March 23, 2012, “SXSWi Video Recap: Wonder Women!”
Smells Like Screen Spirit, March 22, 2012, “WONDER WOMEN! The Untold Story of American Superheroines | Review”
MOVIE BUZZERS, March 22, 2012, “SXSW Wrap Up: Mini reviews [Iron Sky, V/H/S, The Tall Man, We Are Legion and more]! Plus, My All Around Experience”
The Scorecard Review, March 22, 2012, “Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines”
POPCORN BIZ, March 21, 2012, “A “Hunger Games” Primer for Grown-Ups and Other Non-Obsessives”
POV Blog | PBS, March 21, 2012, “SXSW 2012: Wonder Women: The Untold Story of the American Superheroines”
BrightestYoungThings, March 21, 2012, “BYT @ SXSW Movies: “Wonder Women”
NOVI Magazine, March 20, 2012, “The Thing We Did for SXSW: A Documentary About Women And Comics”
Austin Chronicle, March 16, 2012, “SXSW Film Daily Reviews and Interviews: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines”
Center for Social Media, March 15, 2012, SXSW 2012: Art as Process
Austin Woman Magazine, March 14, 2012, “SXSW Review: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines”
KXAN NBC 36 Austin, March 13, 2012, “Wonder Women”
Moviefone: The Huffinton Post, March 13, 2012, “SXSW 2012 Wonder Women!’ Pushes Hollywood to Bring Wonder Woman to the Big Screen”
Wear the Cheese, March 12, 2012, “CRASH DOWN: “Wonder Women!”
SXSW, March 12, 2012, “Buzz Screenings Presented by Tugg.com - The Results Are In!”
CraveOnline, March 12, 2012, “SXSW Recap: Days 1 and 2”
indieWIRE, March 12, 2012, “Interview With The Director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Producer Kelcey Edwards of Wonder Women - The Untold Story of American Superheroines”
Slackerwood: Published by Austin Film Society, March 12, 2012, “SXSW Review: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines”
Wired.com, Saturday, March 10, 2012, “Wonder Women! Searches for Pop Culture’s Heroines”
Wired.com, Friday, March 9, 2012, ”When SXSW Money Crunch Hits, Kickstarter Comes to Rescue”
The Winsdor Star, Thursday, March 8, 2012, “Women Can Be Heroes, Too”
Film School Rejects, Thursday, March 8, 2012: “The 16 Must See Films of SXSW 2012”
The Hollywood Reporter, Thursday, March 8, 2012: “SXSW Growing Pains: Can the Fest Retain Its Unique Flavor?”
The Vancouver Sun, March 7, 2012: “Live Chat: Wonder Women! The Untold Story”
The Vancouver Sun, March 7, 2012: “Wonder Women Give Girls the Power: Documentary Describes The Influence of Female Superheroes”
Flickering Myth.com, March 6, 2012: “Wonder Women: A Conversation With Filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan”
Culture Map Austin, March 3, 2012: “Wonder Women Documents The Tumultuous History Of Female Superheroes, Entirely Funded by Kickstarter”
CNN, Geek Out! Feb. 24, 2012: “Wonder Women!’ Puts Superheroines In The Spotlight”
Chicago’s WGN Radio, Feb. 8, 2012: “Learn How You Can Help Tell The Untold Story Of America’s Superheroines”
ScienceFiction.com, Feb. 8, 2012: “Wonder Women!’ Documentary Examines The History Of Female Superheroes”
Huffington Post, Arts, Feb. 2, 2012: “Fictional And Real Life Women Kick Butt In The Film ‘Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines”
SF360, June 30, 2010: “Guevara-Flanagan Soars with ‘Wonder Woman”