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- 2003
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 22 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 22 m
Summary A story of mothers and daughters, crime and its consequences, and ceaseless striving in the face of inconceivable adversity, girlhood is a testament to the faith and struggles of two young girls just trying to grow up. (Moxie Firecracker Films)
Directed By: Liz Garbus
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 22 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 22 m
Girlhood
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6.0
Summary A story of mothers and daughters, crime and its consequences, and ceaseless striving in the face of inconceivable adversity, girlhood is a testament to the faith and struggles of two young girls just trying to grow up. (Moxie Firecracker Films)
Directed By: Liz Garbus
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
69
81% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Documentarian Liz Garbus masterfully turns her minimalist camera's eye on young girls institutionalized at the Waxter Juvenile Facility near Baltimore.
Documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus spent three years shooting two teenagers living in a Maryland juvenile detention center. The completed film is called Girlhood and it feels as much a work in progress as its two troubled subjects do.
Gripping and even-handed film.
As spare as the juvenile institution in which much of it was filmed. As you watch it, you wish the film would fill in more of each girl's background.
A fine example of what a filmmaker can achieve when she takes on a great subject and lets it play out with all the respect and attention it deserves.
An eye-opening sociological examination that is alternately moving and tedious.
The impulse to end on an "up" note, to turn complex and contradictory lives into palatable narratives, is one of the least-examined pitfalls in nonfiction filmmaking. But in her attempt to give their lives a shape that the girls themselves seem to resist, this talented filmmaker has done both herself and them a disservice.
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User Score
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Based on 8 User Ratings
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Release Date Oct 29, 2003
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website
http://www.moxiefirecracker.com/
Awards
Nantucket Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Atlanta Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
