FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
MAINE GIRLS
The Arts Club of Washington Cinema Committee invites you to a screening of the film Maine Girls and a discussion with Director, Yael Luttwak. A cocktail reception will precede the movie.
About the Film Following 13 immigrant and U.S.-born teenage girls, MAINE GIRLS explores the important role that young people play in bridging cultural divides. In Maine - the whitest state in America - immigrant students are entering public schools in record numbers. But as the population increases, so does the number of hate crimes. Over the course of 8 weeks, a diverse group of girls at South Portland High School learn what it takes – and what it means – to make genuine friendships with people who don't look or live the same way that they do. Leading by example, these teenage girls pave the way for greater empathy at their school and in doing so, encourage other girls to step up and do the same in their own communities throughout the United States.
YAEL LUTTWAK | director/producer Yael is an award-winning director and producer who premiered her first feature, A Slim Peace at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Sundance Channel broadcast the documentary in the United States, and it was distributed worldwide. Yael recently completed co-directing/producing an award-winning documentary MAINE GIRLS that premiered at the 2017 Camden International Film Festival. MAINE GIRLS is currently screening at festivals across the country and distributed on Kanopy. Yael also produced a documentary feature on Boko Haram for Voice of America/Creative Associates. Yael's prior films include My Favorite Neoconservative, which screened at the San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, D.C. Jewish Film Festivals; and To Step Forward Myself, which premiered at the 2016 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, winning both the Audience Award and The Robinson International Short Film Silver Prize. Currently, Yael is making films for production and commercial companies, organizations and non-profits, and serving on the Advisory Board of Stone Soup Films. Yael's first job after film school was as Oscar-nominated director Mike Leigh's researcher on his production of "Two-thousand Years," a play at London's National Theatre. Her first couple of short films have been widely distributed, among them Hans Rausing and Yitzhak Rabin: 1922-1995, a New Regency production.
Reception 5:30 pm
Screening 6:30 pm
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