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Little big girls / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; a film by Hélène Choquette ; produced by Nathalie Cloutier ; written and directed by Hélène Choquette.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Precocious puberty.
- Preteen girls--Psychology.
- Preteen girls.
- Preteen girls--Health and hygiene.
- Maturation (Psychology).
- Psychology.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This documentary sheds light on the phenomenon of early-onset puberty. Today, it isn't unusual to see the earliest signs of puberty in girls younger than the age of 9, though this was not the case a few decades ago. The result, inevitably, is a disconnect between the girls physical and emotional maturity. Far from being a marginal issue, early-onset puberty is fast becoming a worldwide public health concern. A number of causes are suspected: Could obesity and exposure to environmental contaminants, for instance, be to blame? While the causes may still be misunderstood, the physical, psychological and psychosocial repercussions on young girls going through this change so early are all too visible.
- Participant:
- Narration, Angela Galuppo.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Joël Provencher ; editing, Mélanie Chicoine ; original music, Jérôme Minière.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2014.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 30, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-lbg Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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