| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 89 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
Playing time: 86 min. |
| Note |
In Process Record. |
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Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Shadow Distribution in 2007. |
| Summary |
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. The film follows several campers: Laura, a Korean adoptee obsessed by 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. 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In: English |
| Indexed Term |
Gender Studies |
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Music |
| Added Author |
Johnson, Arne, filmmaker
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King, Shane, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1121576 Kanopy |
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