The movie "Girl Rising"
While I was on youtube I stumbled upon this ad for a film called "Girls Rising" presented by 10x10. To give a bit of background knowledge, The Documentary Group and Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions partnered with Intel and created this campaign group 10x10 which is focused on girl's education and they work with other non-profits and policy leaders. This film tells the stories of 9 girls around the world and their efforts to receive an education. 10x10 combines efforts of various writers and actress for this film and also it's partner organizations to raise awareness and share these stories of these girls.
So while I was browsing through their website I became so interested in wanting to see the film but then Dr. Kathryn Moeller's lecture on the "Girl Effect" in GPP 115 came to mind. The emphasis on educating girl's and how they can change the world and other descriptions Dr. Moeller gave were so similar with information presented on this website. Everything revolved around this fact that if you educate a girl it can not only change her life but make a global impact. Already one of their co-founding partners is Intel, which could be like the Nike equivalent she mentioned in her lecture. Now with my limited research, form what I have seen it doesn't seem like 10x10 is another large profit- making corporation like Nike and they are the ones heading this film project but is it possible that they too are falling under the "Girl Effect"? Is it the same thing as the "Girl Effect"? Or am I over thinking this? It is hard to say with limited knowledge on 10x10 but it is a question I think is worth pondering about while looking into much more information on this. -M.N. (Wed 2-5p)
The link for "Girl Rising": http://girlrising.com/#66-million-girls
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