Girls Rock!

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Girls Rock!
Girls Rock! film poster
Directed by	Arne Johnson Shane King
Produced by	Arne Johnson
Cinematography	Shane King
Editing by	Diana J. Brodie Arne Johnson Shane King
Distributed by	Shadow Distribution
Release date(s)	March 7, 2008 (USA wide)
Running time	90 min.
Language	English
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Girls Rock! is a documentary film that follows four 8-18-year-old girls at the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls.

At Rock 'n' Roll Camp, girls ranging in age from eight to 18 are taught that "it is 100% okay to be exctly 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 stars 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. The film follows several campers: Laura, a Korean adoptee obsessed with death metal; Misty, who is emerging from a life of meth addiction, homelessness and gang activity; and Amelia, an eight-year old who writes experimental rock songs about her dog Pipi.

The film ultimately explores what happens to the girls as they are given a temporary reprieve from being sexualized, analyzed, and pressured to conform.

1 Screenings
2 Critical reception
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Screenings

The movie will open in the following cities on March 7. 2008, rolling out to the rest of the country in the ensuing weeks:

New York - Angelika Film Center
Los Angeles - NuArt Theatre
Portland - Cinema 21
Seattle - SIFF Cinema
San Francisco - Embarcadero Cinemas
Berkeley - Shattuck Cinemas
Chicago - Music Box Theater

[edit] Critical reception

The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. As of March 7, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 78% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 9 reviews.^[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 62 out of 100, based on 7 reviews.^[2]