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Stephanie is pregnant and has a warrant for running away from a group home. Shangra is torn between taking care of her mother, who is homeless and struggling with drug addiction, and taking care of herself. Sheila, whose father and siblings have been in and out of jail, risks arrest and jail time by selling and using drugs.
Girl Trouble is an intimate look at the compelling personal stories of three teenagers entangled in San Francisco's juvenile justice system. These girls, and many like them, aren't just at-risk, they are in deep trouble.
Trying to change their lives, the girls work part-time at the innovative Center for Young Women's Development, an organization run by young women who have faced similar challenges. As the girls confront seemingly impossible problems and pivotal decisions, the Center's 22-year-old director, Lateefah Simon, is often their only support and mentor.
Bay Area filmmakers Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko document the girls remarkable successes and heartbreaking setbacks over a four-year period, their daily struggles with poverty, violence, public defenders and homelessness,and expose a system that fails to end the cycle of incarceration.
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"A fine documentary about "at risk" kids - Juvenile delinquent stereotypes are usefully demolished while the lack of supportive environs and services for such girls becomes painfully clear. Fast-moving, involving item is a natural for public TV slots and educational outreach."
Variety
"By turns heart-wrenching and inspiring, the movie does a terrific job of conveying the girls' nightmarishly complicated situations without demonizing judges and prosecutors or sentimentalizing its subjects."
San Francisco Weekly
"This documentary will be indispensable to high school, college, and graduate courses in a wide range of disciplines such as political science, law, social work, as well as psychology, anthropology, and sociology. It is moving and informative: there will not be a dry eye in the room at its conclusion."
Dr. Laurie Schaffner, Department of Sociology
University of Illinois, Chicago
"***1/2. Among other things, Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko’s grueling documentary Girl Trouble – chronicling the plight of girls in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system – does an excellent job of illustrating the tremendous importance of children having positive role models…. Following three angry, wary young girls over a four year period, Girl Trouble interweaves excellent verite footage with in-depth interviews of the girls (along with case workers, lawyers and youth advocates) examining their difficult personal journeys within the context of a flawed justice system while also detailing the help they get at the Center for Young Women’s Development, a peer-run group for girls who have been locked up or live on the street. The latter is run by 22-year-old Lateefah Simon whose ability to channel her own tough childhood into an energetic program that provides a constructive environment for girls has earned her a MacArthur fellowship grant. Despite the film’s clear eyed view of the overwhelming odds facing young girls living on the street, the four year time frame provides ample opportunity to watch each girl grow from being cocky but bewildered into varying degrees of self-empowerment…. Recommended. Aud: C, P. "(A. Cantu)
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About Lexi Leban & Lidia Szajko |
Lexi Leban (Producer / Director / Cinematographer) is an independent filmmaker and educator. Her short films, More than a Paycheck, Her Tattoo, Labor and Tic Toc Bio Clock have screened at film festivals at home and abroad, from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Mill Valley Film Festival to the Berlin International Film Festival, as well as online at PopcornQ.com. She was the co-producer of Mama Wuhunzi, a feature documentary about women building wheelchairs for use in developing countries. Selected screenings include the Tribeca Film Center and public television broadcasts. Ms. Leban has an MFA in film production from San Francisco State University and is an Associate Professor of the Digital Motion Picture Program at Cogswell College in Silicon Valley. She was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of FIlm Arts Foundation in San Francisco. Lidia Szajko (Producer / Director / Cinematographer) is an independent filmmaker and film educator whose works have screened on public television and at festivals internationally. Her films, which explore social and human rights issues and the experiences of people living in transition, have won awards such as the Isabella Liddel Art Award for Most Promising Woman Filmmaker at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Award of Merit at Superfest XVIII and International Media Festival on Disabilities in Berkeley, and the People's Choice at the Humboldt Film and Video Festival. Ms. Szajko is Chair of the Film Production Department at City College of San Francisco. She was appointed to the San Francisco Film Commission in 2001. |
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