Sarah Banet-Weiser

Miss America (2002)

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Ades
CAST:  Cherry Jones  •  Julia Álvarez  •  Sarah Banet-Weiser  •  Margaret Cho

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Ades
CAST:  Cherry Jones  •  Julia Álvarez  •  Sarah Banet-Weiser  •  Margaret Cho