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Chaikin  Take a look at any of the many Billboard charts this
week, and the number of women topping the charts, from pop to
rock, hip-hop to country, can suggest that such chart domination
has been anything but normal. In tribute of the many female
artists who paved the way for those today, THE GIRLS IN THE BAND
(2011) tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big
band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking
journeys from the 1920s to today. This eye-opening, crowd-
pleasing documentary surveys some of the all girl bands—and the
women sax and horn players and drummers—who found themselves
marginalized by their male counterparts for decades.   "[THE
GIRLS IN THE BAND] has received rave reviews around the country
and won audience awards at numerous film festivals, said Curator
of Film John Ewing. "Its subject is also interesting and
important—and a long time com