Tag Results for "teenagers"
by Yoni Brook , Musa Syeed
Premiere: September 22, 2009
Rocky Otoo is the sassy teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents. After she rebels against her mother's rule in the Bronx, she flees to her father, a chief in Ghana.
by Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt
Premiere: June 21, 2005
A self-described "good Southern Baptist girl," 15-year-old Shelby Knox of Lubbock, Texas has pledged abstinence until marriage. But she becomes an unlikely advocate for comprehensive sex ed when she finds that Lubbock, where high schools teach abstinence as the only safe sex, has some of the highest rates of teen pregnancy and STDs in the state.
by Maria Finitzo
Premiere: October 2, 2001
5 Girls presents a real-life portrait of growing up female today through the eyes of five thoughtful and articulate young women. Join Corrie, Toby, Amber, Aisha and Haibinh as they take us on a journey through their teenage years.
by Aaron Matthews
Premiere: July 3, 2001
In vivid vérité detail, My American Girls: A Dominican Love Story captures the joys and struggles over a year in the lives of the Ortiz family, first generation immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Matthews' film captures the rewards — and costs — of pursuing the American dream.
by Ricki Stern
Premiere: June 22, 1999
Two teenagers seek refuge and respect in a boxing gym in the South Bronx.
by Elizabeth Schub
Premiere: August 4, 1998
One of a selection of hypnotically engaging short films by and about women offers vivid and lyrical pictures of joy, endurance and inspiration.
by Ellen Bruno
Premiere: July 28, 1998
Burmese girls, lured into prostitution with promises of a better life for themselves and their families, give voice to their experiences in this poetic tribute to their struggles for survival.
by Spencer Nakasako
Premiere: June 30, 1998
She's a straight-A student; he's trying to leave gang life behind. A camcorder becomes both witness and confidante for these markedly singular yet utterly typical teens as they self-document the trials of growing up too fast and too soon in urban America.
by Jane C. Wagner, Tina DiFeliciantonio
Premiere: July 22, 1997
Four years in the lives of four teenage girls from South Philadelphia: Raelene tackles parenting, Anna struggles with sexuality, De'Yona grapples with loss and Lisa wrestles with relationships.