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Take Two

A Girl and a Gun: documentary explores women and firearms

By Take Two Staff
Published Jul 5, 2013
Still from the documentary, "A Girl and a Gun."
Still from the documentary, "A Girl and a Gun."

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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The film, A Girl and a Gun, is about the history of gun ownership, and its deep relationship with men and masculinity. Even when women wield guns in pop culture, the stereotypes tend to be tomboys, evil villains or cold-blooded assassins.  Cathryne Czubek, the director of the film, said she tried to explore the reality of women and gun ownership.