Yelp Presents CODEGIRL Documentary Screening
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COST: Free
VENUE: Yelp
ADDRESS: 140 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Yelp invites you to attend a screening of CODEGIRL, a documentary by Lesley Chilcott, award-winning filmmaker, documentarian and producer, whose films include An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman.
Join high school aged girls from around the world as they try to better their community through technology and collaboration in this thrilling, heartfelt documentary. By 2017, the app market will be valued at $77 Billion. Over 80% of these developers are male. TheTechnovation Challenge aims to change that by empowering girls worldwide to develop apps for an international competition. From rural Moldova to urban Brazil to suburban Massachusetts, CODEGIRL follows teams who dream of holding their own in the world’s fastest-growing industry. The winning team gets $10K to complete and release their app, but every girl discovers something valuable along the way.
Watch the OFFICIAL TRAILER!
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5:30pm Refreshments
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6:00pm CODEGIRL Documentary Screening (will start promptly)
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7:45pm Q&A with Technovation Finalists and Staff Members
