Set to music by Bikini Kill (an all-girl band from Washington), Girl Power is a raucous vision of what it means to be a radical girl in the 90s. Benning relates her personal rebellion against school, family, and female stereotypes as a story of personal freedom, telling how she used to model like Matt Dillon and skip school to have adventures alone. Informed by the underground “riot grrrl” movement, this tape transforms the image politics of female youth, rejecting traditional passivity and polite compliance in favor of radical independence and a self-determined sexual identity.
Sadie Benning
Director
Hounddog64%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition87%
Good Vibrations67%
Cadillac Records71%
Moxie71%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
Teen Spirit60%
Halftime67%
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls61%
All Eyez on Me67%
The Wrecking Crew73%
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody70%
Tupac: Resurrection79%
Respect67%
Let It Shine69%
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special62%
Whitney73%
Battle of the Year67%
10,000 Saints59%
Grace Unplugged60%
