New Release GEEK GIRLS: The Hidden Half of Fan Culture

A celebration of girl gamers, girlhood, and geekdom

NEW RELEASE GEEK GIRLS THE HIDDEN HALF OF GEEK CULTURE A film by Gina Hara "A celebration of girl gamers, girlhood, and geekdom."- Vice ID "Geek Girls considers the empowerment of self-identifying as a geek in order to look closely at the simultaneous costs and dangers of that label." - Pause Button Gina Hara's new documentary GEEK GIRLS explores the hidden half of nerd culture and challenges the misconceptions of girls in gaming. Struggling with her own geek identity, Hara explores the issue with a cast of women who live geek life up to the hilt: A feminist geek blogger, a convention-trotting cosplayer, a professional gamer, a video-game designer, and a NASA engineer. They open up about their lives in the world of conventions, video games, and other rife-with-misogyny pop culture touchstones. Through their personal experiences in the rich cultural explosion of nerdom, GEEK GIRLS shows both the exhilaration of newfound community and the pain of being ostracized. These women, striving in their respective professions and passions, face the cyberbullying, harassment, and sexism that permeate the culture and the industry at large. A rich conversation-starter for any class on Pop Culture and Feminism. Buy GEEK GIRLS here. Ask about Digital Licensing.  Watch the trailer.  About WMM: For more than 40 years, Women Make Movies (WMM) has helped elevate diverse women directors and producers and improved equity in the film industry. The largest distributor of films by and about women in the world, WMM also supports hundreds of independent filmmakers each year with our highly successful Production Assistance Program. Women Make Movies gratefully acknowledges the support of our funders: The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.