Girls on the Wall Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The teenage drama queens incarcerated at the Warrenville State Juvenile Justice Facility for Girls aren't exactly debutantes. With attitudes and world-views cultivated in the ghetto, they're likely to scare you more than Freddy Krueger. "I cut her from her ear down to her neck and I stabbed her in the back," says one young lady. Can these badass chicks really be redeemed through musical theater? Director Heather Ross aims to find out in her 2009 documentary Girls on the Wall, profiling three teenage inmates as they prepare for their prison play's opening night. Tonight's screening is the film's Los Angeles premiere, and a discussion follows with director Ross. "Live acoustic prison music" sets the mood starting at 7 p.m. in the courtyard. American Cinematheque at Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; Wed., Jan. 13, 8 p.m.; $10, $8 students & seniors. (323) 466-3456, girlsonthewallmovie.com. (Originally published in L.A. Weekly, January 8, 2010.)
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