Once I Was a Beehive (2015)

Directed by

Maclain Nelson

Genre

comedy film, Mormon cinema

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl gets sent to a camp for Latter-day Saint young women. She bonds with the other girls and learns to navigate new friendships and challenges.

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What happens

Once I Was a Beehive is a 2015 American comedy film written and directed by Maclain Nelson, about a girl who attends an LDS Young Women's camp. The film was shot in Utah, and Upstate New York. It received positive reviews from critics. (A "beehive" in the title is a now-retired name used by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to refer to 12- and 13-year-old girls.) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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