"It was incredible. Inspiring. Gorgeous. Perfect.”
Audiences love “Girl Rising!” Meet 9 girls from 9 countries - striving beyond circumstance, pushing past limits. Their dreams, their voices, their remarkable lives - captured in an unforgettable feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.
With stories written by renowned writers from each girl’s country and narrated by esteemed actors Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Kerry Washington, Cate Blanchett, Priyanka Chopra, Salma Hayek, Chloë Grace Moretz, Selena Gomez, Freida Pinto and Alicia Keys. Academy Award Nominee Richard E. Robbins (Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience) directed Girl Rising. It is produced by the award-winning Documentary Group and Vulcan Productions, with strategic partner Intel Corporation and distribution partner CNN Films. Rated PG-13. Visit
http://10x10act.org/girl-rising/ to view a 2-min. trailer.
Tickets
To reserve tickets, please visit
http://gathr.us/screening/4510. In order to bring the film to Moscow, we must sell at least 60 tickets online. Tickets may be reserved with a credit card. Please note, credit cards will not be charged until the screening is confirmed.
This event is part of the City of Moscow's Inclusive Communities Week 2013, and is co-sponsored by the University of Idaho Women's Center,
Office of Human Rights, Access, & Inclusion, and the
Martin Institute; the
Latah County Human Rights Task Force; the
City of Moscow's Human Rights Commission; and the
Purple Paisley Quilters of the
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse.