Girls Rock !

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GIRLS ROCK! (2007 film, 90 mins) 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, and “Girls Rock!” is the movie about their journey.

NOW IN BOSTON: Currently underway, the MFA Film Program still has FOUR REMAINING SHOWS of Arne Johnson and Shane King's documentary Girls Rock! This exuberant film follows four girls through the transformative experience of forming bands, writing songs, rehearsing, and performing. Along the way personal trouble, as well as fresh confidence is unearthed.

GIRLS ARE THE STARS: 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 Pippi. Forming bands, writing songs and playing a gig in one week, these girls and the rest of the camp engage in an experiment in empowerment that will leave no-one unchanged.

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. The filmmakers were happy to find in the camp a place where, in the words of former Camp Assistant Director Jen Agosta, "it is 100% ok to be exactly who you are." What happens to the girls as they are given a temporary reprieve from being sexualized, analyzed and pressured to conform, is truly exhilarating. The act of picking up a guitar and making noise becomes a truly revolutionary act.

TRAILER

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.



What We Have to Say: "Think Little Miss Sunshine’s Olive goes to Paul Green’s Rock School. This one has 'fun' written all over. A winner for families and those who like to rock!"

Tickets: Members, seniors and students $8; general admission $9. Discount matinee prices (weekday until 5 pm; weekends until 12:30 pm) are $6, $7.

Just four remaining Boston shows:
Thu, Aug 7, 6 pm
Sat, Aug 9, 10:30 am
Sun, Aug 10, 12:30 pm
Sat, Aug 16, 10:30 am

To purchase tickets please call the box office at 617-369-3306 or online at www.mfa.org/film.

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