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Growing Up Female is a 1971 American documentary film directed by Julia Reichert and Jim Klein. The film focuses on the socialization of American women and the effects of stereotypes placed by media, advertising, and personal relationships while following the lives of five young women and girls. Those interviewed include: Janelle (a 12-year-old girl), Terry (a 16-year-old attending a vocational school and studying cosmetology), Tammy (a working 21-year-old), Jessica Jones (a working 21-year-old mother with one daughter) and a Mrs. Russell (a married, working mother of three daughters).

The film has been described as one of the first films to emerge from the Women's liberation movement. In 2011, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

References

1. Armstrong, David (1981). A trumpet to arms : alternative media in America. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 0896081931. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
2. Baker, Justin (October 15, 2011). "Growing Up Female". Cinematic Minutiae. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
3. "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
4. "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
5. Vlessing, Etan (December 2, 2022). "Julia Reichert, Oscar-Winning 'American Factory' Documentarian, Dies at 76". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

Further reading

• "Interview with Julia Reichert and Jim Klein: New Day's Way". Jump Cut (9): 21–22. 1975. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
• "Interview: Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar". Film at Lincoln Center: Film Comment. February 5, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

External links

• Growing Up Female at IMDb

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