"Around the world, more than 62 million girls are not in school. But all it takes is one girl with courage to start a revolution."
...addressing different barriers to accessing education.
Documentary by Richard E. Robbins, first released in the United States on March 7, 2013.
Bande d”annonce officiel !
Here is the link to Girl Rising's YouTube channel; https://www.youtube.com/c/girlrising which I recommend you take a look at. You will find there the official trailer but also videos by "chapter of stories".
Message from Richard
First, to quote him; "I was surprised at how obvious this correlation was, and how much this reality had not penetrated the consciousness of a
certain audience" he said in a January 2013 interview with The Credits.
Thus, the documentary has three main objectives:
- the hope that one day mentalities will change,
- to show that giving women access to education in emerging countries could change the world, creating a new socio-economic momentum,
- to show the courage, the determination, the faith for a better future, for the access to education.
Moreover, fighting against girls' in-education would also help fight against poverty.
9 moving testimonials !
This documentary of more than an hour and a half, immerses us in the struggles of 9 young girls, each from a different origin, fighting to get an
education.
- Amina from Afghanistan,
- Senna from Peru,
- Mariama from Sierra Leone,
- Suma from Nepal,
- Sokha from Cambodia,
- Wadley from Haiti,
- Yasmin from Egypt,
- Azmera from Ethiopia,
- and finally Ruksana from India.
I strongly invite you to visit the official Girl Rising website page, which gives more information about each girl.
Right in the middle of countries...
These 9 girls have only thing in common;
- the fact that they are all from developing countries,
- and their lack of access to education.
...in development
Through this documentary we will follow the different obstacles that these 9 girls have faced, blocking them from their education.
Whether it be :
- early marriages and early pregnancies,
- sex trafficking,
- discrimination between the sexes,
- slavery,
- or poverty
this documentary will show us the differences of life in developing countries.
BUT, ''Without falling into miserabilism''
Indeed, we will also find paths that have had their positive turning points. Notably with that of Sokha. A young Cambodian girl who goes from life in
the garbage dumps to the life of a child star entering college.
Or Suma's, who after 6 years away from her family as a servant, is finally freed to go back to school.
Awards
The documentary received 2 awards in 2014. Notably; the NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary Film and the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Photography (Documentary and Journalistic Story).
Distribution
With the voices of ;
- Cate Blanchett,
- Priyanka Chopra,
- Selena Gomez,
- Anne Halthaway,
- Salma Hayek,
- Alicia Keys,
- Chloë Grace Moretz,
- Liam Neeson,
- Freida Pinto,
- Meryl Streep,
- And finally, Kerry Washington.
Girl Rising
Girl Rising is also now a non-profit organisation, offering programmes for the education of girls.
- in 12 countries,
- with 130 partners,
- 10,000 educators,
- 200,000 adolescents,
- 160,000 people reached through emergency aid to fight covid.
Girl Rising uses its power, its storytelling weapon to change the way the world values and perceives girls and their education.
The organisation is divided into 3 major areas;
- Creation
- Collaboration
- Activation
Finally, here is the link to the official Girl Rising website, which I recommend you take a look at to learn more about them. https://girlrising.org/