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2001 television film directed by Betty Kaplan
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Almost a Woman
Written byEsmeralda Santiago
Directed byBetty Kaplan
StarringAna Maria Lagasca
Wanda De Jesus
Míriam Colón
Cliff DeYoung
Francesco Quinn
Music byLee Holdridge
Country of originUnited States
Original languagesEnglish
Spanish
Production
ProducersRonald Colby
Rebecca Eaton
CinematographyCarlos González
EditorLuis Colina
Production companiesALT Films, in association with Paramount Pictures for WGBH
Original release
NetworkPBS
Release2001 (2001)

Almost a Woman is a 2001 made-for-television film, directed by Betty Kaplan and based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago. The film is about a young woman named Esmeralda and her family who move to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. The transition is difficult due to the many challenges she and her family face. It was aired on PBS as part of Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection.

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