Film Screening: Bangla Surf Girls

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Muenzinger Auditorium. As CU Boulder marks 150 years of education and discovery, this event underscores the importance of engaging with global stories that broaden our perspectives and inspire meaningful dialogue. By exploring issues of gender, youth empowerment, and social change, Bangla Surf Girls reflects the university's mission to prepare students to become informed and engaged global citizens. Join the Center for Asian Studies, IFS, and the Alma Collective for a screening of the award-winning documentary Bangla Surf Girls, a powerful coming-of-age film that follows three teenage girls in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as they pursue their dreams of becoming professional surfers. Against the backdrop of the world’s longest natural sea beach, the film explores the challenges the girls face as they navigate family expectations, gender norms, poverty, and the pressures of growing up in a rapidly changing society. Filmed over several years, the film offers an intimate po...