Garbus, L. (Director). Megan was shuffled through 11 different foster homes, running away from all except one. ''GIRLHOOD,'' a new documentary, is a poignant and often distressing look at the lives of two teenage girls, inmates at the Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center for juvenile detention near Baltimore. Developmental Psychology: Childhood & Adolescence: Childhood and Adolescence. Garbus most recently directed What Happened, Miss Simone?, a Netflix doc about the life and music of Nina Simone. This is the latest feature-length non-fiction film from documentarian Liz Garbus, who has spotlighted imprisonment in 2002's "The Execution of Wanda June" and the 1998 Oscar-nominee "The Farm: Angola USA." As with those two films, "Girlhood" looks at the incarceration of violent-crime offenders. Anyone can read what you share. Its easy to see what attracted Garbus to Shanae and Megan and why, after spending three on-and-off years with them, she would want to hang a proverbial silver lining on their stories. Copyright 2023 . . Megan was shuffled through 11 different foster homes, running away from all except one. New York: Psychology Press. ~ (Source: Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide). In the movie, we were able to watch two female offenders in the juvenile justice system. Some are held while they are waiting for a bed in a treatment center. New and Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy. That is not to say that traumatic experience, crime or drug abuse are good, but that in these stories they exist and persist, even when the girls triumph and go to prom or spend time with family. The juvenile justice system serves her well, because she's deeply involved in forging her own path. There are a couple of different things I would attempt to implement if I were the director of the Waxter Juvenile Facility to make the program more efficacious for juveniles sent there for reform. Educates, Advocates, and Agitates for Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Hollywood and the Global Film Industry, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, List of Databases for Women in the Film Industry, Celebrating 15 Years of Women and Hollywood, A Message to the Women and Hollywood Community, AFI DOCS and Provincetown Fests Will Open and Close with Women-Directed Pics, Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Laura Bari Primas, Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Alba Sotorra Commander Arian. At twelve years old Shanae was involved in a fight that ended with Shanae stabbing and killing a young girl. 1103 Words. 4 Pages. With its drab green walls and sparse furnishings, Waxter is no country club. Identification *Not Affiliated, Sponsored or Endorsed by any University. Follows two female inmates - victims of horrific violence and tragedy - who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center. Harrowing moment medics rush to save Jeremy Renner's life after he was crushed by 14,000lb snow plow - as actor is seen sprawled on the ground in a pool of his own blood and with 35 broken bones If the movie suggests that a strong mother-daughter bond is the key to a successful rehabilitation, it is too intelligent to belabor that notion. She receives more family support than Megan is, but she does not seem to reciprocate it at the beginning of the film. Impact of Trauma
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