Rio Texas Methodist Federation for Social Action

Screening and panel discussion of the film THE MASK YOU LIVE IN

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church – Austin

Sunday, April 26, 2015  at 4:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary

In 2011, Jennifer Siebel Newsom debuted her first film, MISS REPRESENTATION, which delved into the dangerous ways mass media reflects and enforces our culture’s belief that the value of women and girls lies in their youth, beauty, and sexuality. In a similar approach, Siebel Newsom’s newest film, THE MASK YOU LIVE IN, takes a look at modern masculinity. What are the messages our boys and men receive from popular culture, sports, and the media? What happens to kids when the traits we’ve feminized are devalued over and over again? In this film, men from various backgrounds share the impact of their upbringing, relationships with their fathers, their struggles, and the deliberate choices they’ve made in raising their own children. Experts in the field, including authors, doctors, and educators, provide research as well as observations on the challenges men and boys face in our society’s unrealistic expectations of hyper-masculinity.

This project reveals how our current course of male identity needs to be altered.  Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc45-ptHMxo