Documentary Gets Girls Into the Game—and Film

In a matter of months, a group of young participants at Girls in the Game transformed themselves from burgeoning athletes into aspiring film documentarians.

After seeing a Dove Campaign for Real Beauty commercial, members of the youth athletics program decided they wanted to do their own documentary. Only this time, their film would promote the lessons and skills they had learned at Girls in the Game, located in Chicago's Near West Side.

"The most important thing about the documentary is that they came up with it themselves," said Katie Darr, who coordinates the Girls' Advisory Board program at Girls in the Game.

Visit: www.girlsinthegame.org for more info!

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