Girls Town
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jim Mckay
Aunjanue Ellis
Bruklin Harris
Anna Grace
Lili Taylor
Ramya Pratt
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Angela, Emma, Nikki and Patti are high school seniors and best friends who are, on the surface, as different from one another as can be. Black and white, middle and lower class, destined to graduate and go their separate ways. But as the girls' senior year comes to a close, they discover that there are things they share that are much stronger than any differences they might have. As the story begins, the girls' world is shattered by an event that leads them into a soul-searching debate about friendship, victimization and solidarity. From this time on, their lives will never be the same. The everyday dramas of high school life are now joined by a whirlwind of events that come as just as much of a surprise to the girls themselves as they do to the world around them. Whatever the inspiration of their actions, the result is certain: fear, confusion, excitement and empowerment for a group of young girls whose greatest concern just last month was getting the school paper out on time.
Director
Jim Mckay
Cast
Aunjanue Ellis
Bruklin Harris
Anna Grace
Lili Taylor
Ramya Pratt
Asia Minor
Carl Kwaku Ford
Guillermo Diaz
Ernestine Jackson
John Ventimiglia
Mary Joy
Stephanie Berry
Tara Carnes
Nathaniel Freeman
Michael Imperioli
Tom Gilroy
Andrew Vandusen
Andrew Von Dusan
Crew
Jane Pia Abramowitz
Ernest Alexis
Scott Ambrozy
Eve Applebaum
Jay Aquaviva
Joe Arcidiacono
Joe Baccari
Frank Barrera
Cyril Bectarte
Rauark Behan
Phyllis Belkin
Teresa Benoit
Stefanie Berk
Matt Bouton
Catherine Boyd
David Bryant
Laurie Butler
Maurice Carr
Lori Cheatle
Lori Cheatle
Matt Chubet
Mark Chung
David Chustz
Meredith Collins
Aaron Dawley
Eryn A Defontes
Thomas Dennis
David Doernberg
Sahli Endeshaw
Fred Ernest
Bernard Ettienne
Elizabeth Fields
Russell Fine
Carl Kwaku Ford
Kelley Forsyth
Mike Franzetti
Anna Grace
Chris Graham
Les Grant
Carolyn Grifel
Alex Hall
Jackie Hamilton
M Dayo Harewood
Andre Harris
Bruklin Harris
Denise Hernandez
Yanir Hirshberg
Charles R Hunt
Jonathan Jacobson
Milady Jean-baptiste
David L Johnstone
Brian A Kates
Brian A Kates
Rob Khristov
Laela Kilbourn
Loria King
Gus Koven
Deidre Lally
Robert Larrea
Alexandra Levinsohn
Sophia Lin
Tracy Litwin
Melissa P Lohman
Chris Love
Steve Lynch
Steve Lynch
Anita Maffei
Jack Mccook
Donna Mckay
Jim Mckay
Jim Mckay
Kelly Mearkle
Richard Merkel
Erica Miller
Lea Mowan
Jake Myers
Kate Noble
Guy Ognibene
Chris Paul
Daniel Petrov
Roy Plisko
Gideon Ponte
Diana Powers
Lance Rieck
Monica Rogozinski
Lara M Schwartz
Caitanya Scott
Sandeep Sharma
Marcia Shulman
Amanda J Silberstein
Jocelyn Smith
Joseph Stephans
Adrienne Stern
Irin Strauss
Hiroo Takaoka
Lili Taylor
Charity Thomas
Mark Traskowski
Kristy Tully
Emory Van Cleve
Sarah Vogel
Adam Weiner
Jon Weiner
Kate Williams
Lauren Winters
Frida Yara
Lauren Zalaznick
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Filmmakers Trophy in the dramatic category at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. Also received a "special recognition" award from the dramatic jury to honor the collaborative nature of the film.
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States August 30, 1996
Released in United States January 1996
Released in United States June 1996
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States on Video February 4, 1997
Released in United States Summer August 21, 1996
Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 19-23, 1996.
Shown at Raindance Film Showcase in London October 22-31, 1998.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 16 - June 9, 1996.
This film was created out of an improvisational workshop with the director, actors, and many others. Start to finish, cast to crew, it was a collective, collaborative project.
Feature directorial debut for film and videomaker Jim McKay, a co-founder of C-Hundred Film Corp. He has produced and directed a full-length documentary, "Lighthearted Nation;" a feature-length concert film, R.E.M.'s "Tourfilm;" numerous music videos for R.E.M., Son Volt, Soul Coughing, Ziggy Marley, The Feelies, and others; a short film for Red Hot, Inc.'s "No Alternative" project; and an award-winning series of public service announcements under the umbrella name, "Direct Effect."
Broadcast in USA over Sundance Channel as part of program "She Said Cinema" May 1-31, 1999.
Began shooting June 23, 1995.
Completed shooting July 11, 1995.
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 16 - June 9, 1996.)
Released in United States January 1996 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video February 4, 1997
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 19-23, 1996.)
Released in United States Summer August 21, 1996
Released in United States August 30, 1996 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Raindance Film Showcase in London October 22-31, 1998.)
