Public schools paid up to $1.4M to screen films made by Gavin Newsom’s wife: Report

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Schools in all 50 states have reportedly paid up to $1.4 million collectively to screen a series of documentary films produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA).

The Representation Project, a nonprofit group founded by Jennifer Newsom, has raked in $1,483,001 from licensing fees for a series of documentary films produced by Newsom and the nonprofit group since 2012, according to a report from the government watchdog Open the Books. A significant portion of those fees came from public schools.

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The group advertises four films on its website: Fair Play, which delves into “the pressing issue of gender inequality at home” and how women shoulder the burden of most domestic work; Miss Representation, which deals with “how mainstream media and culture contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America”; The Mask You Live In, which takes a look at “how we, as a society, can raise a healthier generation of boys and young men”; and The Great American Lie, which the group’s website says “examines the roots of systemic inequalities through a unique gender lens.”

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Gov. Gavin Newsom with his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom and children Dutch, Montana, Brooklynn, and Hunter following the inauguration of Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento, California, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023.


The organization’s impact report says the group has distributed its “film curricula” to more than 5,000 schools in every state, while Miss Representation, The Mask You Live In, and The Great American Lie have reached a combined 2.6 million students. The group charges up to $600 to license each film, with The Great American Lie commanding the largest fee.

Open the Books said it was unable to obtain a breakdown of how many schools in California had licensed the organization’s films, two of which reportedly feature Gavin Newsom himself. But the group’s films have drawn increased scrutiny due to their far-left political content and, in one case, pornographic content.

“The Representation Project not only solicits donors from big-money political supporters of Gavin Newsom, but also receives public tax dollars through schools to create a new generation of supporters and activists in the state’s — and country’s — schoolchildren,” Open the Books wrote in a blog post. “The Representation Project transforms public school expenditures into activist training expenses, and in the process exposes children to objectionable sexual content.”

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The Representation Project did not respond to a request for comment.

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