CodeGirl (2015)

Overview : 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. The Technovation 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.

Release Date : November 1, 2015

Runtime : 108m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : FilmBuff, Invented by Girls, Artemis Rising

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : competition, apprentice, code, computer class, woman director, computer programming, computer scientist