CODEGIRL

Inspire innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and a can-do attitude with this heartfelt documentary that follows teams of high school girls competing to develop apps to solve problems in their local communities. The Technovation Challenge includes 5000 girls from places as diverse as rural Moldova, urban Brazil, and suburban Massachusetts, and the film focuses on a selection of applicants as they find mentors, learn to code, and develop their first app and business plan. The teams dream of not only winning the $10K prize, but holding their own in the world’s fastest-growing—and male-dominated—industry. Grades 7 and up. English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. Subtitles in English and 20 other languages. Color. 107 minutes. Filmbuff. ©2015.