April 4, 2008

8:00 pm

Theater/event: http://www.theavalon.org/news.cfm?id=70#girlsrock

Film: http://www.girlsrockmovie.com/

DC Camp: http://girlsrockdc.org/

More info:

Join us opening weekend for a chance to win a free Fender Stratocaster Guitar!!!

“Young women find expression for more than their music in “Girls Rock!,” a jubilant documentary about a place where power chords and empowerment go hand in hand.”
- Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times

“In one slender documentary codirectors accomplish what Hollywood routinely bungles: incisively depicting the inner lives of complicated young females.”
- Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

“…the lessons on display here are essential to anyone navigating a little girl through today’s pop culture minefield. The camp works not just because it encourages girls to develop their voices… but because it teaches young women how to relate to each other without emulating “Mean Girls” behavior.”
- Kyle Buchanan, The Advocate

“The directors take a compassionate approach that encourages their young subjects to open up in remarkable ways, making this a must-see both for girls and the grownups who love them.”
- Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Opening Night Shindig! Friday, April 4 @ 8pm
Cosponsored by GIRL’S ROCK DC (GR!DC), the Metro-DC area’s rock camp for girls!

LIVE MUSIC!!!

GIRL LOVES DISTORTION
BLUE BLACK BETTY
DJ NATTY BOOM

Come for the movie…. STAY FOR THE DANCEPARTY!!!

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.

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