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We just finished a week of Reel Grrls (04.12.04).
Read more about it
here
Stay tuned for next Reel Grrls event
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"Reel Grrls" is a special program of 911 Media Arts Center in
partnership with Seattle's
Metrocenter YMCA
and KCTS - The Public Network.
By teaching teenage girls how to be critical television watchers and then
producers of their own media, we are giving them a voice in an arena where
they are heavily targeted as consumers but where their artistic expression
is seldom heard or seen.
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Reel Grrls hits the festival circuit
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Reel Grrls has screened at the following festivals:
The Hamptons International Film Festival (Oct 17-21, 2001)
The Tower of Youth Film Festival in CA, (Oct. 5, 2001)
The Sundance Film Festival-Gen-Y screening (Jan 13-17, 2002)
The Mediarights.org Online Film Festival (March, 2002)
The Fledgling Film Festval in Burlington, VT (April 12-13, 2002)
The Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival in NM, (April 13-15, 2002)
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April 12, 2004
Seattle PI Reel grrls: Program teaches young women the art of filmmaking by KRISTIN
DIZON
June 17,2002
Wired Magazine
"Film School For Girls Eyes Only" by Katie Dean
June 19, 2002
Seattle Times
"Reel Grrls get behind the cameras" by Melanie McFarland
April 30, 2002
Seattle Times
"Mass media need more grrrl power" by Lynne K. Varner
Feb 28, 2002
KUOW - Weekday
Studio interview with Jamie Wheeler, Mel Maehara, Malory Graham and Lucia
Ramirez.
Sept 4, 2001
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Empowered young women are passing it on" by Candy Hatcher
Sept 4, 2001
Women's
E-News
has a lovely article about Reel Grrls by Elisabeth Keating.
July 2, 2001: Steve Scher will be joined by the Reel Grrls in studio on his one-hour program 'Weekday'.
June 20, 2001: Girls' film shatters old images of women by Candy Hatcher in the Seattle PI.
June 7, 2001: Yer Critique: Teen Vid Workshop Looks beyond Feminism 101 by Hannah Levin in The Stranger
June 12, 2001: "The Naked Truth: Advertisers' Image of Women"
A Benefit Event with Author and Media Critic Jean Kilbourne at Daughters of the American Revolution Hall.
June 8, 2001:
"This Ain't Your Mama's
Feminism!"
A Video Screening by REEL GRRLS at 911 Media Arts Center
June 8, 2001:
Christine Chen on Q-13's 'Mornings Live' breakfast show interviews 2 of the participants from the Reel Grrls program - Mel Machara and Wendy Dang. Instructor Malory Graham will also be present.
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Did you know?
Most girls in the United States will have watched 5,000 hours of television before entering kindergarten (Kaplan)
As a result, girls are exposed to over 20, 000 TV commercials a year (Stoneman & Brody)
By the time a girl is 16 years old, she will have spent more time watching television than going to school (Basow)
Television is, by far, the most influential force in the lives of
children today. It plays a tremendous role in socializing both girls and
boys and providing models for both genders to emulate. According to the
National Organization for Women's report on television, "Watch Out
Listen Up," overall, men still dominate television programs and news;
people of color and women of different body types are extremely
under-represented; and lesbians and people with disabilities are
virtually non-existent. Where there were positive role models of women,
they were frequently offset by sexist stereotypes.
According to the NOW report: 87% of all sound bites from "experts" are from men. ~ 92% of those men are white.
90% of children's educational programs have male leading roles. Television programming emphasizes male
character's strength and skill; for women, it focuses on attractiveness and desirability.
While much attention has been paid to violence in the media and its
association with a culture of growing real violence, much less attention
has been paid to how negative images of women might further negative
attitudes towards women and girls. These issues include how the media
influences self-esteem and body image issues for girls and women,
promotes stereotypes that are limiting to girls' and womens' ideas about
career and lifestyle, promotes callousness towards violence against
women, and presents and glorifies women in commercial sex 'industries'
in a dangerously unrealistic manner. Because of the influential role of
media in girls' lives, we believe that it is critical to give young
women the skills to critically evaluate the media they are exposed to
and then to empower them to produce their own media.
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reel grrls tapes for sale!
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reel grrls tapes for sale!
The tape is for sale to individuals for $20 and $45 to libraries and
institutions.
For library and institutional orders, please contact Annie Silverstein at
911 Media Arts Center
206.682.6552
annie@911media.org
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What's a Reel Grrls Weekend Like
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REEL GRRLS WEEKEND-Imagine a retreat center tucked away in the woods of
Whidbey Island, where 50 teenage girls and 25 adult women mentors join
forces for a vibrant weekend of creativity, media literacy and fun!
What participants have to say about the weekend:
"My favorite part of this weekend is just being here in the atmosphere with
all the caring and fun great teachers and my peers. I had a great time."
"It was great to get the different possibilities to learn so many things! I
had a lot of fun and a hard time deciding what workshop I wanted to go to!"
"Two thumbs up for the girls and stuff! The discussions were interesting
and girls treated each other respectfully."
"The lodging was totally awesome--way better than I thought it was going to
be and the food was good too. I always looked forward to meals."
"The workshops were fun; I liked how we all had to interact w/each other. I
also liked how there were active workshops, like yoga, belly dancing &
Aikido, the creativity ones like making mirrors and discussions where we
could share our opinions openly & fully."
"We ripped up girly fashion magazines, adding our own editorials to
offensive ads, and created a 20-foot-long banner called the "Wall of Shame".
We learned how to defy the mainstream media by dissecting the images we are
bombarded with each day and instead calling the shots ourselves, as we want
to be seen. With this dirty work out of the way, we proceeded to bellydance
with colorful scarves, practice aikido with a blackbelt master, give each
other massages, stretch our bodies through yoga, stretch our minds through
creative writing, ask questions of a homegrown 80-year old feminist,
participate in a presentation by Adventure Divas, take notes on how to pitch
our creativity, make personal mirrors to take home and experiment with
digital video cameras. There were hardly enough hours in the day! We
shared meals, bedtime stories, wisdom, and friendships. We sang and danced.
And finally, we committed ourselves to take action, forming teams that will
continue to work through video production, theatre performance, guerilla
activism, and more!"
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