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Girl 6 (1996)

Girl 6 poster
Directed by
Spike Lee
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 123 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aspiring actress in New York City struggles with exploitative auditions in the entertainment industry. She turns to phone sex work, where she begins to lose touch with reality through her anonymous callers.

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What happens

Girl 6 is a 1996 American black comedy film produced and directed by Spike Lee. The film stars Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, and Lee. Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay, making it the first film directed by Lee that he did not also write. Directors Quentin Tarantino and Ron Silver make cameo appearances as film directors at a pair of auditions. The accompanying soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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