Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of colour at the front lines of social justice.

Set in Oakland, California, a city with a deep history of social justice movements, We are the Radical Monarchs documents the Radical Monarchs — an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of colour, aged 8-13. Its members earn badges for completing units on social justice including being an LGBTQ+ ally, the environment, and disability justice. Their work is anchored in the belief that adolescent girls of colour need dedicated spaces and that the foundation for this innovative work must also be rooted in fierce inter-dependent sisterhood, self-love, and hope.

The film follows the first troop of Radical Monarchs for over three years, until they graduate, and documents the Co-Founders struggle to respond to the needs of communities across the US and grow the organisation after the viral explosion of interest in the troop’s mission to create and inspire a new generation of social justice activists.

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We are the Radical Monarchs
dir. Linda Goldstein Knowlton

Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of colour at the front lines of social justice.

Set in Oakland, California, a city with a deep history of social justice movements, We are the Radical Monarchs documents the Radical Monarchs — an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of colour, aged 8-13. Its members earn badges for completing units on social justice including being an LGBTQ+ ally, the environment, and disability justice. Their work is anchored in the belief that adolescent girls of colour need dedicated spaces and that the foundation for this innovative work must also be rooted in fierce inter-dependent sisterhood, self-love, and hope.

The film follows the first troop of Radical Monarchs for over three years, until they graduate, and documents the Co-Founders struggle to respond to the needs of communities across the US and grow the organisation after the viral explosion of interest in the troop’s mission to create and inspire a new generation of social justice activists.