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Some Girls

(Some Girls)
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Original Title : Some Girls
Time : 52 Min
Genre : Documentary, Animation, History
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2017
Director : Raquel Cepeda
Writer : Raquel Cepeda
Producer : Raquel Cepeda, Henry Chalfant, Sam Pollard
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : SOME GIRLS explores issues of identity within the Latina-American community by focusing on a group of troubled teenage girls in a Bronx-based suicide prevention program who feel rejected by mainstream America, but are transformed through ...See moreSOME GIRLS explores issues of identity within the Latina-American community by focusing on a group of troubled teenage girls in a Bronx-based suicide prevention program who feel rejected by mainstream America, but are transformed through an exploration of their roots. In the course of the film, shot over a four-year period, they use ancestral DNA testing to discover their ancestry and, in doing so, begin to rethink what and how they've been taught about history. Following the ancestral DNA testing, the girls embark on an expedition to learn more about themselves based on the results. On a trip to the Dominican Republic, the seat of the Americas, they explore issues of social justice, ethnic studies, real American history, identity, and belonging. Throughout the course of the film the girls are encouraged to rethink what a decolonized history looks like, recasting the telling while challenging the status quo. The participants are transformed, and, through them, the audience is challenged to rethink what it truly means to be an American while engaging with an underserved and marginalized community. See less Read more: Plot summary

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