Growing Up Female (1971)

Directed by

Julia Reichert

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows five females of different ages in the United States. It shows how media, advertising, and relationships shape their views on womanhood.

educationalobservationalsoberreflectiveintimatestraightforwardgroundedeye-opening

What happens

Growing Up Female is a 1971 American documentary film directed by Julia Reichert and Jim Klein. The film focuses on the socialization of American women and the effects of stereotypes placed by media, advertising, and personal relationships while following the lives of five young women and girls. Those interviewed include: Janelle (a 12-year-old girl), Terry (a 16-year-old attending a vocational school and studying cosmetology), Tammy (a working 21-year-old), Jessica Jones (a working 21-year-old mother with one daughter) and a Mrs. Russell (a married, working mother of three daughters). The film has been described as one of the first films to emerge from the Women's liberation movement. In 2011, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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