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The Trailer to Girl Rising
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Girl Rising is distributed by CNN Films and Gathr, an innovative demand-based theatrical distributor. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez and other A-list actresses contribute voice performances to the film, which features original music from Academy Award winner Rachel Portman, in collaboration with Hans Zimmer.
The film spotlights unforgettable girls like Sokha, an orphan who rises from the dumps of Cambodia to become a star student and an accomplished dancer; Suma, who composes music to help her endure forced servitude in Nepal and today crusades to free others; and Ruksana, an Indian "pavement-dweller" whose father sacrifices his own basic needs for his daughter's dreams. Each girl is paired with a renowned writer from her native country. Edwidge Danticat, Sooni Taraporevala Aminatta Forna and others tell the girls' stories, each in it's style, and all with profound resonance.
These girls are each unique, but the obstacles they faced are ubiquitous. Like the 66 million girls around the world who dream of going to school, what Sokha, Suma, Ruksana and the rest want most is to be students: to learn. And now, And now, by sharing their personal journeys, they have become teachers. Watch Girl Rising, and you will see: One girl with courage is a revolution.
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sheshe2
Nov 2013
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niyad
(113,095 posts)1. k and r--thank you for posting this.
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)3. I found the trailer to the movie, niyad.
Girl Rising
I just added to my OP~
William769
(55,144 posts)2. Kick & highly recommended.
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)4. Thanks William, I added the movie trailer~
Inspiring.
mountain grammy
(26,600 posts)5. Inspiring indeed. Makes me want to hang around a little longer.
Paka
(2,760 posts)6. Beautiful!
Thank you!
longship
(40,416 posts)7. Happy to R&K!
This is one of the narratives that, if it catches hold, will change the world. That's why so many people fear it.
ismnotwasm
(41,968 posts)8. K&R