I Am a Girl (2013)

Directed by

Rebecca Barry

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

M

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows six teenage girls from different countries as they talk about their lives. It shows them facing challenges related to gender inequality, family planning, and mental health.

somberintimateobservationalemotionalthought-provokingpersonalsoberingeye-opening

What happens

I Am a Girl is a 2013 documentary that follows six girls aged between 17 and 19 from the United States, Australia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Cameroon, and Papua New Guinea, highlighting issues of gender inequality, domestic abuse, mental health and family planning. The story is told through interviews with the girls and cinematic observational footage as they experience important events and rites of passage in their life. The film's producer and director, Rebecca Barry, is a filmmaker from Australia. The film is distributed by Women Make Movies in North America, Titan View in Australia, and TVF International in the rest of the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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