“If we stay together, things will change”.
I know Girl Power, the new film by Amy Poehler available on Netflix from March 3rd, were to be described with a single sentence it would be this. A group of students from a typical American high school, in fact, decides to unite to fight and protest against the chauvinism that exists between classmates and teachers and, with stubbornness and courage, will trigger a small revolution that will upset all balances.
“I would like – explained the protagonist, Hadley Robison, in an interview for Vogue – to start a conversation, providing all the necessary tools for young women to emancipate themselves and understand that together we are strong”.
Everything starts from the taciturn and silent Vivian (Robison) who, inspired by the mother (Amy Poehler) and from his past as an activist and former riot grrrl, he decides to found a fanzine (Moxie, from a very popular word in the 80s which means grit) with the first intention of protesting against yet another stupid list compiled by school boys to classify girls based on physical appearance or other silly reasons.
The fanzine manages to unite girls who are completely opposite each other: there is Lucy (Alycia Pascual), the newcomer, who is strong-willed and courageous; there are the footballers Kiera (Sydney Park) e Amaya (Angelica Washington), tired of seeing their sporting talent diminished in favor of male colleagues, there is Claudia, best friend of Vivian more shy and less inclined to get involved, or CJ (Josie Totah), a trans girl who is not accepted by either the principal or her classmates.
The group that is formed, the Moxie girl, will have a great impact not only in the life of the school, but especially in that of Vivian who finally manages to find out who he is and what he wants from life. The film opens with the theme screen to fill in for college admission: “It’s about a cause you’re passionate about and you’ve done something for.” And if, at first, the girl cannot find the words, eventually she will understand what her goal is. “I tried to put the characters in a varied range of action to show where they were when the change took place – explained the director – and in fact for Vivian it is a long journey”. The background (but not too much) is the relationship with her mother and her boyfriend Seth (Nico Hiraga) which demonstrates how important it is, even for men, to be a feminist.
Poehler’s hope is that the film will be watched by mothers and daughters together in order to better understand their respective moments of life and emotions. For me it is worth seeing, alone or in company (you decide), to remember what a crazy driving force can be solidarity and female union. But above all not to forget, as he points out Lucy in a scene, to live “always with your head held high”.
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