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Girls Town
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R,1hr 28min
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1996
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Synopsis: When one of their friends commits suicide, three young women learn to stand up for themselves and strike back against male-dominated society in this drama. Patti (Lili Taylor), Emma (Anna Grace), Angela (Bruklin Harris), and Nikki (Aunjanue Ellis) are four teenage girls who attend the same high school in inner-city New York. Patti is an unwed mother struggling to complete her education as she deals with her irresponsible boyfriend, while the other three are good students going on to college after ... Full Synopsis
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Despite a few loose ends, Jim McKay's first feature is a fresh, spontaneous film about the relationships between four high-school girls who have been abused by males in different ways. Developed in a series of improvisational workshops, with all of the principals receiving writing credit, the script pivots on the suicide of one of the group and the discovery by the others that she had been raped. Essentially ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Patti Lucci
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