Girls Rock! (2008)

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Girls Rock!
by ShaunHuston in ShaunHuston filmblog

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"Girls Rock! is an involving, alternately depressing and inspiring, documentary about the Portland, Oregon-based Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls. If the film makes anything clear, it's this: as much as opportunity and choice have been expanded by and for girls and women, the world is still basically a boys club, making women-controlled spaces and gatherings like the camp absolutely necessary for girls to assert ownership over their identities and to develop tools and skills for approaching the world with confidence and a sense of self.Indeed, as represented in the film, the camp experience is as much about catharsis, and even therapy, as it is about rock. Besides the playing of music, the forming of week-long bands, and song writing, the curriculum includes a self-defense class, opportunities to talk about body image, and exercises for gaining confidence for self-expression. Looking at that list of activities, it would be easy to see the “rock 'n' roll” ... " [More]

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