Screening #1: "Girltalk," April 30, Brattle Theater

Several screenings of movies covered in Big Screen Boston will be happening to celebrate the book's May 1 release. The first will be Kate Davis' unforgettable documentary Girltalk at the Brattle Theater, April 30 at 8 pm. This will be the movie's first local screening in 20 years, back at the theater where it first opening in 1988. Although it had a small theatrical release and it came out on VHS during the late 1980s, Girltalk has never been released on DVD and has been all but forgotten. But it's one of the best movies to spring from the Boston-Cambridge documentary scene, and one of those largely unheralded movies on which I hope the book will shine deserved light. One of the three young women profiled in it, Martha (in photo with her then-young son), will be appearing at the screening with me. I'll be posting an excerpt from the book about Girltalk (along with additional photos) before the screening.