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- 2024
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
- 1 h 35 m
- 2024
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
- 1 h 35 m
Summary Teenage girls from wildly different backgrounds across Missouri navigate a week-long immersive experiment in American democracy, build a government from the ground up, and reimagine what it means to govern.
Directed By: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
- 2024
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
- 1 h 35 m
- 2024
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
- 1 h 35 m
Girls State
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Summary Teenage girls from wildly different backgrounds across Missouri navigate a week-long immersive experiment in American democracy, build a government from the ground up, and reimagine what it means to govern.
Directed By: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
77
91% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
9% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Not only is this documentary a microcosm of the country at large, reflecting real life in the way that charisma and the ability to fire up the masses can make all the difference when it comes to politics, but it also gives us a sense of what the future can look like.
It not only introduces another side of this democratic activity, but does so at the perfect time to highlight its inconsistencies and inequalities, giving these girls the extra opportunity for reflection and growth.
Girls State is a powerful documentary that showcases just how invested and determined young women are in their desire to run for the highest office – despite the challenges they face.
The film’s seven protagonists are the result of McBaine and Moss’s broad and deep interview process. Demographically diverse, the women are immensely watchable and touchingly articulate.
Like “Boys State,” this film presents a fascinating microcosm of American teenagers.
Like the young women who we spend nearly two hours with, we also emerge feeling both tinges of empowerment and a palpable sense of deflation.
Girls State, like its predecessor, benefits from strong casting and ample access to the pint-sized political proceedings.
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Generally Unfavorable
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3.6
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Generally Unfavorable
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3.6
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Production Company
Apple Original Films,
Concordia Studio,
Mile End Films
Release Date Apr 5, 2024
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating TV-14
Genres
Tagline One nation. Under girls.
