Girl Power is a documentary that presents female graffiti writers from fifteen cities – from Prague to Moscow, Cape Town, Sydney, Biel, Madrid, Berlin, Toulouse, Barcelona and all the way to New York.
The graffiti community is predominantly a man's world, and men often share the view that graffiti – namely the illegal kind – is not for girls. Girl Power captures the stories of women who have succeeded in the male graffiti world.
However, Girl Power is more than just a look into the graffiti microcosm; it tells the moving story of Czech artist Sany, who decided in 2009 to capture female emancipation in graffiti on film and to give other girls and women the possibility to express themselves. It took her seven long years to complete the documentary. We follow her life with graffiti, her motivation and values as she refuses to give up on her dream – to make the very first movie depicting women in graffiti.
This one-off screening is in collaboration with SheFest.
- Words by
- Joe Harris