Girls like us : 4 years in the lives of 4 girls / Independent Television Service ; a film by Jane C. Wagner & Tina DiFeliciantonio.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Wagner, Jane C., director.

DiFeliciantonio, Tina, director.

Independent Television Service, producer.

Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage girls--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Case studies.

Teenage girls.

Teenage pregnancy--Case studies.

Teenage pregnancy.

Teenage girls--Sexual behavior.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : [distributed by] Women Make Movies, 1997.

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

This documentary explores female teenage experiences of sexuality and pregnancy. An ethnically diverse group of four working class girls strut, flirt and testify about their lives. Filmed in South Philadelphia over a period of four years and following its protaganists from age 14 to 18, it brings into sharp relief the conflicts of growing up female, exposing the impact of class, sexism and violence on the dreams and expectations of teenage girls.

Credits:

Producer, director, editor, Jane C. Wagner; producer, director, cinematographer, Tina DiFeliciantonio.

Notes:

Videocassette release of a documentary film produced in 1997.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

37593010

Publisher Number:

S0033 Women Make Movies