{"title": "Miss Representation: Rise Up", "start": "2026-10-29T16:45:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "IFC Center", "address": "6th Avenue 323, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.ifccenter.com/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=586367~8722a542-64c1-4c0b-af02-c3e8a239d769&", "category": "film", "tags": ["society/women/womens-rights", "film/documentary"], "description": "Miss Representation: Rise Up is a documentary follow-up to Miss Representation, examining the cultural backlash against women's agency and power more than a decade after the original film. It explores how AI and deepfakes fuel a new era of tech-facilitated violence that worsens sexism and misogyny in an attempt to control and silence women and girls. 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