But before the screening could take place, Newell and the documentary's young subjects found themselves at the centre of a media storm when Sydney's Daily Telegraph reported a "backlash from parents" about it.
For example, explains author Joan Williams of the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, in an interview, "although all women who behave in assertive ways risk being seen as unlikable," about half of the women who participated in the study reported experiencing backlash for behaving in a "masculine" way.
But as the ritual grew in scope (Catland had to add a a second hex in November due to the number of people interested), the witches at Catland reported receiving backlash, including death threats.
Since then the news has covered the successful roll-out of a couple different syringe exchange programs through local health departments, but has also reported some backlash coming from the legislature.
Several countries reported community backlash at special treatment of girls.
But once Newton published his report, backlash quickly mounted about how regramming could ruin Instagram.
While much of the backlash reported in the American news media this week cited objections raised by development experts in the United States and Europe, several African bloggers and activists have objected to what they see as more fundamental problems.
On Tuesday, Rendezvous reported on a backlash against welfare cutbacks imposed by a government of "Tory toffs" who are portrayed as being out of touch with the toiling proletariat.
Last year, Der Spiegel reported on a backlash against the growing international community in the district, spearheaded by one of the local bar-owners whose video manifesto against "the fucking students, artists and layabouts" went viral.
The company may have received too much press attention before the product was ready, and we reported on some backlash from beta users abandoning the service in March.
