Girls. Stories.

Girl Rising
One girl with courage is a revolution.
A new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power
of education to change the world.
featuring Cate Blanchett, Priyanka Chopra, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys,
Chloë Moretz, Liam Neeson, Freida Pinto, Meryl Streep, and Kerry Washington.
9
Girls.
9
Stories.
From Academy Award Nominated Director
Richard E Robbins.
powered by
strategic partner, Intel
Corporation, and global
television distribution
partner, CNN Films.
P RESS C O VERAGE
produced by
award-winning former
ABC News journalists of
The Documentary Group
and Vulcan Productions.
original music from
academy award-winner
Rachel Portman, in collaboration
with Hans Zimmer.
The centerpiece of 10x10,
a global campaign to educate and
empower girls.
influencers and press
“If Girl Rising is wholly a vehicle furthering the cause of girls’ education across the
globe, it’s more of a multicolored bus to worthy destinations than a pace car.”
— New York Times, March 2013
“Everything seems to be falling in place for Girl Rising.” – The Daily Beast,
March 2013
“Illuminating and ultimately hopeful, despite the horrible circumstances depicted,
“Girl Rising” stands as a testament to the power of information.” — Los Angeles
Times, March 2013
“My goal is to get Girl Rising to as many people as possible, especially the girls
in Afghanistan—[they] moved me to tears.” — Freida Pinto, Interview Magazine
March 2013
“To give voice to a young girl who literally, in her mind, made herself believe she was
a superhero was so beautiful. She has such a sense of power.” — Chloë Moretz on
narrating Girl Rising, Vogue March 2013
“This film gives visual corroboration to knowledge we already have: Educating
women and girls has the most optimistic, positive effects on families, communities,
and economies worldwide. If to see it is to know it, this film delivers hope;
reasonable, measurable, tangible hope that the world can be healed and helped to
a better future!” — Meryl Streep, AFP
“We loved nearly everything about Girl Rising—it’s beautifully shot, incredibly moving,
and impassioned through and through—but the real takeaway was this: If these girls
were willing to fight so much to get an education, what were we doing skipping all
those classes?” – Glamour, March 2013
“Moral tales about overcoming injustice are staples of the US documentary scene.
Most of those films struggle to find an audience. Girl Rising…eyes a broad public
for its journey through a crucial cause of global poverty - and a reversible one,
economists say. The film’s ambitions look past its urgent subject and nine lives in
progress.” – The National, March 2013
“Girl Rising blends documentary and narrative filmmaking to focus on the impact
of education on the lives of nine girls from Cambodia, India, Afghanistan, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Peru, Sierra Leone, Nepal and Haiti.” – Reuters, March 2013
“The film began as an investigation into a fact universally acknowledged by
international aid workers: that educating girls in developing countries is the quickest
and most enduring way to improve conditions not just for them but for whole
communities.”—The Guardian, March 2013
“Girl Rising, a documentary spotlighting the impact of education on underprivileged
girls, held its world premiere Wednesday ahead of its groundbreaking, on-demand
theatrical debut.” – TV Guide, March 2013
“But when I looked back on my experiences with the girls themselves, all I could think
about was how inspiring they’d been. How optimistic. Joyful. Energetic. They weren’t
depressing. The circumstances brought you down — but not the girls. They were
potential personified, and the excitement that their potential offered was contagious.”
– Richard E. Robbins, Chicago Sun Times March 2013
“A young woman in an impoverished country who gets an education is “going to become
an income producer,” she said. “And make a difference.” – Cathie Black, former New
York City Schools chancellor, Wall Street Journal, March 2013
“This is a message of hope as well as of responsibility. We are the world. These girls are
not separate from us. They speak to us directly in Girl Rising, and if we hear them, we will
find a way to help them realize their vision and their dreams.”– David Edmund Moody,
Huffington Post March 2013
“‘One girl with courage is a revolution.’ This is a perfect way to describe Malala Yousafzai…
It’s also the tagline of Girl Rising, a film that sheds light on courageous girls like Malala.
The movie tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face
arranged marriages, child slavery, and other heartbreaking injustices. Despite these
obstacles, the brave girls offer hope and inspiration.” – Seventeen
“Girl Rising is an inspiring film which tells the true stories of nine extraordinary girls
from nine different countries who are doing their part to fight for a chance to have an
education.” –Marie Claire UK, March 2013
“Robbins’ Girl Rising tells the stories of several girls of different political and
socioeconomic backgrounds from around the world, narrated by a slew of A-list stars,
including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, and Selena Gomez. As a
male filmmaker, Robbins felt passionate about educating and influencing women to go
behind the camera, instead of just in front of it.” – Entertainment Weekly