Girls Rock!

Section: Music for All
Directed by: Arne Johnson and Shane King


USA, 2007

Dir.: Arne Johnson, Shane King
Phot.: Shane King
Editor: Arne Johnson, Shane King
Format: 35 mm / Screening: BETA SP
Colour
90 mins
Contact: Shadow Distribution, shadow@prexar.com

Trailer


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The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls is a place where 8-18 year olds come from all over the country to learn Rock DIY-style forming bands, writing songs and building community. The primary subjects of Girls Rock! are Laura, an articulate adopted Korean obsessed with death metal; Misty, who is emerging from a life of meth-addiction, homelessness and gang activity; Palace, a sweet-seeming 8-year-old with a heavy metal sneer, and Amelia, who's writing a 14-song cycle about her dog.

In meeting these four children, the filmmakers discovered what many books and studies have already described - girls are struggling with a bewildering and heartbreaking array of challenges to their self-image. Everything from eating disorders to drugs to sexual harassment have made girlhood a virtual battlefield. What happens to the girls as they are given a temporary reprieve from being sexualized, analyzed and pressured to conform, is truly exhilarating. As the final performance for over 700 people draws near, the girls are thrown into a paroxysm of excitement and self-discovery, achieving things they never thought possible. Through video diaries, verite footage, revealing interviews, and issue-driven animations, filmgoers will transform right along with the girls.

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