Analysis Of Girl Rising

Girl Rising

Everyone deserves an education, but for some in the developing world, especially girls, it is hard to even get into a classroom, due to the opposition from those who believe a girl 's place is in the home, not the classroom. The 2013 documentary Girl Rising by Richard E. Robbins states, “There are 33 million less girls in primary school worldwide than boys.” Girl Rising tells the stories of nine girls varying in ages throughout the developing world who only want to learn or where school saved their lives. Richard E. Robbins the director of the film, uses famous celebrities to tell these stories in hope to reach people all over the world in order to raise awareness and money to girls’ educations worldwide. Mr. Robbins film produces a concerned or worried tone throughout the documentary which intrigued the viewer to pay full attention to the film. Mr. Robbins uses lots of textual strategies in the form of statistics and interesting facts, as well as audio strategies such as the celebrity

Two of the girls are not physically in the film because what is said could get them killed in their countries actresses are put in their place. Girl Rising is an empowering documentary about some of the many struggles girls face in other countries that people all over the world would never know if not for this film. A quote from Mr. Robbins himself reveals why he started Girl Rising “My job, the job of the film, is to change minds–not just to make people understand that girls’ education is important, but to make them believe that the change we need is possible. That these girls are just like our girls. Like girls everywhere. Smart, powerful, and eager to make the world better.” Mr. Robbins has worked on other documentaries and movies such as Operation Homecoming, and The Century. Mr. Robbins has a wife, son and daughter who may have played a part in the reason this film was