We can be found in Booth # 2737 between the Library School & Instruction and Small Press/Products area.

We will facilitate youth-led screenings and discussion of GIRLS ON THE WALL in juvenile halls, alternative schools, court schools, community day and continuation schools targeted toward court-involved and marginalized girls, to generate open and concrete discussion of strategies to build a life outside of the corrections system and connect young women with arts-based organizations that can help them realize this goal.

Our mighty director, Heather Ross got profiled by our new Educational DVD distributor, Collective Eye.

“I was taken with the idea of telling these girls’ story; you never hear the voices of marginalized girls, girls in the system – they’re always side characters in some gangster drama – and I was excited to hear what they had to say.”

Collective Eye Filmmaker Spotlight Series is a unique opportunity to hear directly from our filmmakers. The series provides a forum to learn about our filmmakers as well as get involved with relevant topics for each film.

Title: Los Angeles Premiere- Egyptian Theater
Location: 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Description: GIRLS ON THE WALL makes its Los Angeles Premiere with the American Cinematheque at the historic Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.
Start Time: 7:30pm
Date: 01-13-10

• The Beaches of Agnes, Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
• Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
• The Cove, Louis Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
• Every Little Step, James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame)
• Facing Ali, Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.)
• Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films)
• Garbage Dreams, Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.)
• Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC)
• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications)
• Mugabe and the White African, Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, directors (Arturi Films Limited)
• Sergio, Greg Barker, director (Passion Pictures and Silverbridge Productions)
• Soundtrack for a Revolution, Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, directors (Freedom Song Productions)
• Under Our Skin, Andy Abrahams Wilson, director (Open Eye Pictures)
• Valentino The Last Emperor, Matt Tyrnauer, director (Acolyte Films)
• Which Way Home, Rebecca Cammisa, director (Mr. Mudd)

GIRLS ON THE WALL was awarded a Special Mention jury prize at the Chicago Int’l Film Festival. We were flattered and excited to be honored among an amazing collection of films. Our whole crew had a blast at CIFF– it was really great to premiere this film in the city where it got its start.

Hot Springs Documentary festival was also a blast… fun to meet fellow filmmakers such as Bill Daniel, whose rail-riding graffiti film WHO IS BOZO TEXINO? was both atmospheric and incredibly engaging, and Bayou Bennett, whose film ME, MY FATHER AND THE HURRICANE was the talk of the town. CMJ was great too, but by then I lacked the energy to take any more pictures.

They made it, and did the most amazing, raw Q&A panel I’ve ever seen, for a bunch of alternative-school kids who were hanging on their every word and asked them for autographs afterward. They’re both working now and doing well, and it’s wild to see their affect on different audiences (the public screening yesterday was just as enthralled.)

I’m crazy happy to know these girls and glad I didn’t get rid of my Myspace. Facebook, what have you done for me lately?

Rosa, HR, soundgirl Gwen (aka Helen Keller) and Precious