Girls Town (4K Restoration)
Opens February 28, 2025
Girls Town offers a vivid portrayal of irreverent young women coming of age. One of the earliest indie features to deal with the secret shame of rape, the film follows its feisty protagonists on a zigzag path to empowerment as spontaneous acts of revenge give way to deeper understanding and more profound gestures.
Mid-1990s, New York City. Patti, Angela, Emma, and Nikki are high school seniors and best friends preparing for life beyond graduation. Their dreams for the future differ greatly – Angela wants to become a poet, Emma and Nikki are heading for college, and Patti is a young mother looking for stability in her kid’s life – but the four bright, young women are steadfastly loyal to each other in a way only teenagers know how to be. Their lives are then completely upended when, after being sexually assaulted, Nikki unexpectedly commits suicide. Grieving, angry, and forced to return to daily life without satisfying recourse for their feelings, the girls must come of age with a newfound understanding about the patriarchal world in which they live.
The 4K restoration by IndieCollect was funded with support from the HFPA Trust, Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, IndieCollect donors, and Fellow Citizen, Inc.
- Director: Jim McKay
- Principal Cast: Lili Taylor, Bruklin Harris, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Country: USA
- Year: 1996
- Running Time: 90 min.
- Producer: Lauren Zalaznick
- Screenplay: Jim McKay, Denise Casano, Anna Grace
- Cinematographers: Russell Lee Fine
- Editors: Alex Hall, Jim McKay
- Music: Guru
- Website: https://filmmovement.com/girls-town
- Filmography: Our Song (2000)
- Language: English
- US Distributor: Film Movement