As part of the Because I Am a Girl initiative, Plan and 10×10 are working to raise awareness that educating and empowering girls can break the cycle of poverty in just one generation. What a brilliant thought! The centre of 10×10’s campaign is a major feature film — Girl Rising — that tells the true stories of real girls succeeding against impossible odds. Now this is one documentary I have to see, and I think you should too.

PS. Thank you Neera Chanani for telling me about this film xoxo

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Girl Rising features narration by stars such as Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Alicia Keys, Kerry Washington along with a handful of other NGO partners.

The film spotlights unforgettable girls like Sokha, an orphan who rises from the dumps of Cambodia to become a star student and an accomplished dancer; Suma, who composes music to help her endure forced servitude in Nepal and today crusades to free others; and Ruksana, an Indian street-child whose father sacrifices his own basic needs for his daughter’s dreams. Each girl is paired with a renowned writer from her native country. Edwidge Danticat, Sooni Taraporevala and Aminatta Forna tell the girls’ stories, each with profound resonance.

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