In the Works: A GIRL AND A GUN

First time director Cathryne Czubek is working with producer Jessica Wolfson (TRUST US THIS IS ALL MADE UP, CRAZY SEXY CANCER) on a promising documentary project about women who own guns, A GIRL AND A GUN. The filmmakers recently successfully completed a $10,000 Kickstarter campaign, but tax-deductible contributions can still be made – more information is available on the page, as is a link to the Facebook page and mailing list sign-up to keep you updated on future developments.

The character-driven documentary focuses on four individuals with complex relationships to guns – their pro-gun beliefs seem more informed by personal histories touched by violence against their families or themselves than by Second Amendment NRA dogma. Given the statistics about rape and violence against women, this sadly makes their stories instantly relatable to a large portion of a potential female audience. They also serve as a counterpoint to pop culture’s glorification of violence, and women’s role as, alternately, helpless victim or Lara Croft heroine. A GIRL AND A GUN looks poised to intelligently engage in a dialogue that intersects feminism, civil liberties, violence against women, women’s self-empowerment, and media portrayals of women and of violence.