GIRLS ON THE WALL

Event Details

Time: April 30, 2010 to May 2, 2010
Location: Downtown Independent
Street: 251 S. Main St.
City/Town: Los Angeles
Website or Map: http://www.girlsonthewallmovi…
Phone: 213.617.1033
Event Type: film, documentary, juvenile, prison, girls
Organized By: Downtown Independent
Latest Activity: Apr 27, 2010

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Event Description

April 30th - May 2nd:
Fri 4/30: 6, 7:15, 8:30*, 10:00
Sat 5/1: 3:40, 4:55, 6**, 7:15**
Sun 5/2: 3:40, 4:55, 6, 7:15^, 8:30

*Rooftop party with DJ Jung Hollywood spinning prison songs from Tupac to Johnny Cash
**Director and special guest Ms. P for Q&A!
^Stunning performance poetry about girlhood + lockup from STREET POETS.

DVD available for purchase!

dir. Heather Ross
USA, 2009, digtal, 62 min.

"Ross manages to capture and present wrenching sorrow jutted up against the playfulness of youth." - LA Times
The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison are not your average delinquents. Having "graduated" from juvie to prison, these are the kids most likely to remain in the correctional system their whole lives. They are also some of the sharpest and most irrepressible young women you'll meet. When the girls of this heartland Illinois prison are given a most unlikely shot at redemption— the chance to tell their own stories in a musical based on their lives— they're challenged to re-live the events that led up to their crimes, reclaim their humanity, and find their own exuberant voices in a first step toward breaking free from the prison system.