Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez goes Hollywood as she attends New York premiere of a documentary about her before appearing at South By Southwest conference The new lawmaker attended the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College It is hosted by the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at the school She is also a 'featured speaker' at South By Southwest Annual confab is held in Austin, Texas Film won an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com Published: 15:26 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 15:26 GMT, 4 March 2019 Viewcomments Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continued her tour of the movie festival circuit as a film that documented her unlikely primary win made its way through New York. The first-term New York lawmaker, who plaudits for her grilling of Michael Cohen in his high-profile congressional appearance last week, attended Sunday's Athena Film Festival at Barnard College in Manhattan. Ocasio-Cortez is one of four progressive candidates featured in the documentary film 'Tear Down the House. Ocasio-Cortez was there for the showing and also panel discussion at the school's Athena Center for Leadership Studies. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attended the showing of a film that chronicled her 2018 campaign in New York Sunday In the panel discussion, she told audience members that, 'It's too much work to not be yourself,' the Columbia Spectator reported. Speaking about things that motivate her, Ocasio-Cortez said: 'It's really about finding what rejuvenates you,' adding she is most capable when she is at home, she feels more capable. Later this month, Ocasio-Cortez is set to attend the South By Southwest annual music, film, and media confab in Austin, Texas. She is a 'featured speaker' at the event. Others taking pat include actress Olivia Wilde, rapper A$AP Rocky, and Endeavor CMO Bozoma Saint John. Ocasio-Cortez attended the 2019 Athena Film Festival closing night film, "Knock Down the House" at the Diana Center at Barnard College on March 3, 2019 in New York City Ocasio-Cortez heads to South by Southwest later this month She participated in Sundance, where the film won the audience award, by video Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, producer Sarah Olson, producer and editor Robin Blotnick, director Rachel Lears and AFF co-founder Melissa Silverstein on stage during the 2019 Athena Film Festival closing night film, "Knock Down the House" at the Diana Center at Barnard College on March 3, 2019 in New York City Earlier Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez marched in New York's annual St. Patrick's Day parade, although the https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1102320953302966272 spotted the New Green Deal backer jumping into a gas-guzzling mini-van. The paper reported her campaign spent three times more on Uber and car services than it did on subway and rail travel. Ocasio-Cortez mocked the report on Twitter, writing that her tia – her aunt – was 'very upset' that the paper 'insulted' er vehicle. Ocasio-Cortez had been slated to attend the Sundance Film Festival, where the film about her stunning upset of former New York powerhouse Rep. Joe Crowley won the audience award. However she cancelled her appearance, citing the government shutdown, and participated by video instead. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility