Girl Rising film may play in Peoria

PEORIA, IL -- The acclaimed film Girl Rising will be shown in Peoria on November 12, if enough tickets are sold by October 29.  It will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at the Willow Knolls Theater. You can purchase your $10.00 tickets for this exceptional film at http://gathr.us/screening/6190 . 

This event is being sponsored by Meridith Farley and an enthusiastic group in the community.  You can send questions to her at [email protected].

This way of screening a film is new, and a bit odd.  Movie-goers take the risk, not the theater. 

You reserve a ticket, and if enough people sign up, the theater bills your credit card and you have a ticket, whether you can attend at the last minute or not.

That's an unusual way of taking in a film. It makes no allowances for last minute changes in plans.  There's no way to purchase a ticket at the door.  

Yet, this film may be worth the risk. From others who have seen this movie, it is described as powerful and moving.  The official description is: 

From Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins and the award-winning producers of The Documentary Group and Vulcan Productions, strategic partner, Intel Corporation, and distribution partners CNN Films and Gathr, comes Girl Rising - an innovative new feature film about the power of education to change a girl – and the world. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, 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 Lorne Balfe.

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 with its own 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, by sharing their personal journeys, they have become teachers. Watch Girl Rising, and you will see: One girl with courage is a revolution.

 -- Elaine Hopkins

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