The read
It runs a compact 15m.
Synopsis
Set to music by Bikini Kill (an all-girl band from Washington), Girl Power is a raucous vision of what it means to be a radical girl in the 90s. Benning relates her personal rebellion against school, family, and female stereotypes as a story of personal freedom, telling how she used to model like Matt Dillon and skip school to have adventures alone. Informed by the underground “riot grrrl” movement, this tape transforms the image politics of female youth, rejecting traditional passivity and polite compliance in favor of radical independence and a self-determined sexual identity.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Sadie BenningDirector
Cast
- Sadie BenningCast
Themes
woman director