| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD-R. |
| Note |
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Cherry Jones. |
| Credits |
Edited by Toby Shimin ; cinematography, Buddy Squires & Peter Nelson ; executive producers, Lola Van Wagenen & Jeanne Houck ; original music, Douglas J. Cuomo. |
| Note |
Container incorrectly lists running time as 96 min. |
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Originally broadcast on PBS as a segment of The American Experience. |
| 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. 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."--Container. |
| Local Note |
Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian. |
| Terms Of Use |
Rider University has limited public performance rights for this title. "[P]ublic performance rights for organizational or library use by the acquiring institution for non-paying audiences only"--https://www.wmm.com/ordering-information/ |
| Subject |
Miss America Pageant -- History.
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Miss America Pageant. |
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History. |
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Beauty contests -- United States.
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Beauty contests. |
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United States. |
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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History.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Ades, Lisa, director, producer.
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Ferrari, Michelle, screenwriter.
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Jones, Cherry, narrator.
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Klainberg, Lesli, producer.
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Shimin, Toby, film editor.
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Squires, Buddy, cinematographer.
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Van Wagenen, Lola, producer.
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Houck, Jeanne, producer.
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Cuomo, Douglas J., composer.
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Clio Inc.
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Orchard Films.
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Women Make Movies (Firm)
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American experience (Television program)
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