We Are the Radical Monarchs (2019)

Directed by

Linda Goldstein Knowlton

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of young girls of color in Oakland who join an activist troop as an alternative to traditional scouting. They learn about social justice, build community, and take action on issues that matter to them.

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What happens

We Are the Radical Monarchs is an American documentary film, directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton and released in 2019. The film profiles the Radical Monarchs, an organization which was founded in Oakland, California as an activist-oriented alternative to the Girl Scouts for young girls of color. The film premiered at the 2019 South by Southwest festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2019 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary, and at the Seattle International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Documentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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