Don’t be fooled. None of the acting in “Girls on Wire” is too good (and in one very funny sequence, when three gangsters roaming Film City get drafted as extras, bad acting gets a big laugh).

“And Joseph said, ‘Push, girl, you’re fine!’” Her mom, Micah Howell, then bursts out in laughter behind the camera. “Did Joseph say that?” Howell asks, and Maisley ...