Below is a link to an interview with Aaron Marshall, co-director of Zombie Girl, a documentary about a 12-year-old girl who makes a feature length zombie movie. I can’t wait to see both the documentary and the girl’s movie itself.

You may have heard of the documentary Zombie Girl. It’s the Austin-based film about a 13 year old girl who set out to make not only a full-length feature film, but a zombie movie she wrote called, Pathogen. It’s gaining notoriety in the public eye after winning a handful of awards and making a memorable appearance at Comic-Con this July. (The Zombie Girl screening was completely full.)

The plot may sound quirky, but Zombie Girl has more to offer than an interesting premise. Sure it’s fascinating that this young teenage girl made a horror movie. But after that initial impression fades and you are drawn into the world of Emily and her parents, a sense of awe develops for their real world approach to an almost impossible task. Someone who knew nothing technical about filmmaking got the job done, despite the multiple roadblocks that developed. Out of all the people in the world that want to make films, thirteen-year-old Emily Hagins made one. Thirteen. Was it innocence or bravery that lead her to undertake such a daunting task, and what can we take away from the viewing experience?

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