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Girls Rock!
A film by Arne Johnson & Shane King
PG, 90 min
“The film is a hopeful, rollicking, rocking, humorous,
heartbreaking journey.” –Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Young women find expression for more than their music in Girls
Rock!, a jubilant documentary about a place where power chords and
empowerment go hand in hand.” –The New York Times
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| At Rock 'n' Roll Camp, girls ranging in
age from eight to 18 are taught that it's OK to sweat like a pig, scream
like a banshee, wail on their instruments with complete and utter
abandon, and that "it is 100% okay to be exactly who you are." The girls
have a week to select a band, an instrument they may have never played
before, and write a song. In between, they are taught by indie rock
chicks such as Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney various lessons of
empowerment from self-defense to anger management. At the end of the
week, all the bands perform a concert for over 700 people. What happens
to the girls as they are given a temporary reprieve from being
sexualized, analyzed and pressured to conform is truly moving and
revolutionary. |