Girl
When Electronic Dance Music was blowing up around the world
and DJs were becoming superstars, director Kandeyce Jorden began making this film to profile the top women behind the decks. She discovered and interviewed DJ Irene, DJ Colette, DJ Rap and many others, but when she met the legendary DJ Sandra Collins, her interest became an obsession. Documenting Collins’ rise to
superstar DJ status led Jorden around the world and down a rabbit
hole. Twelve years in the making, GIRL is about music, love, and
what you find when you get really lost.
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Kandeyce JordenDirectorGirl, Undone, Layover
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Kandeyce JordenWriter
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Kandeyce JordenProducerUndone
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David VelozProducerNatural Born Killers, Permanent Midnight, Behind Enemy Lines, Undone, Layover, Girl
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David GarzonikProducerNo Place Like Home, Girl
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Kandeyce JordenKey CastUndone, Star Maps
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Sandra CollinsKey Cast
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Dj RapKey Cast
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Dj IreneKey Cast
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ColetteKey Cast
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Dj Lady DKey Cast
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Dj MeaKey Cast
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Rebecca SinKey Cast
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Paul OakenfoldKey Cast
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Jason BentleyKey Cast
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Project Type:Documentary
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Genres:music documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 25 minutes 51 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2015
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Production Budget:225 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:mini DV uprezed to HD
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Kandeyce Jorden was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up riding quarter horses in Northern California. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and landed the lead role in Miguel Arteta's STAR MAPS, which received critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. She continued to act in several more films and commercials before turning to directing. Her short film UNDONE traveled to film festivals around the world and won awards at NoDance 2001. She also directed a short film for Skyy Vodka called LAYOVER.
Kandeyce is currently writing a screenplay about the first woman to be cloned called Frankengirl which she plans to direct next year. Kandeyce is also a prolific painter and mixed media artist. "My paintings inspire my films, and my films inspire my art. I could not do one with out the other."
I began this film because of my love for electronic music, and I had the sense that there was a lot to learn from the women DJs who were pioneers in the scene, so I began to interview them and document their music. What I didn't realize was that on the journey I would reconnect with an unawakened part of myself. All portraits are self portraits. This is the magic of film, art and music. While I don't think I would ever consider working on another twelve-year-long project, I wouldn't consider making art that didn't truly come from the heart.