Girls

Moving Beyond Myth

Duration: 28 min ISBN: 1-932869-19-0 Date Produced: 2004 Subtitles: English Filmmaker Info Transcript Praise for the Film

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Girls
Moving Beyond Myth

This compelling new documentary focuses on the sexual dilemmas and difficult life choices young girls face as they come of age in contemporary American culture. Challenging long-held myths about girlhood, the film draws on the insights of girls themselves to explore and shed light on their actual lived experience as they navigate our increasingly hyper-sexualized society. The voices of a diverse range of girls are supplemented with accessible analysis from leading experts on girls and sexuality, including Lynn Phillips, author of Flirting with Danger; Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Director of the Body Project; and Deborah Tolman, author of Dilemmas of Desire.

Filmmaker Info

Director & Producer: Susan Macmillan
Associate Producer, Researcher: Judith C. Kuppersmith
Videographer & Sound: Bruce Edward Daniels
Music: Michelle Marie Nestor
Project Editor: Rafael Blanco
Editors: Bruce Edward Daniels, John Custodio, Evan Kleinman, Eddie Stein

Filmmaker's Bio

SUSAN MACMILLAN | Director & Producer
Susan MacMillan has taught television/video production at Queens College/CUNY and the University of North Carolina. She has worked in the broadcast industry producing commercials (CBS), educational/documentary programming (PBS) and as an independent Producer/Director. Her documentary Caution: Hurricane Crossing which tells the story of the New York hurricane of 1938 aired on PBS in 1994.

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"Girls, Moving Beyond Myth features a wide range of articulate and engaging experts discussing core developmental issues that girls must face in a post-modern, media-saturated world. A diverse group of girls speak with honest voices about their true thoughts and often anguished feeling. This video is educational in the finest sense of the word. It elucidates and motivates."
- Mary Pipher | Pyschologist | Author, Reviving Ophelia