Review of Girlhood (2003) by Adam W — 26 Jan 2009

While the girls in the film are provocative and captivating people, the presentation of the film lacks a certain tightness and cohesion. I don't have much of a sense of how these girls developed over the several years in which the movie was filmed; there just seems to be a lot of holes.

Also, there doesn't seem to be much that ties the two of their narratives together. What I found most fascinating about the film were the mother-daughter relationships and the vicious cycle of falling-out.

The lesson may be, until we stop blaming the victims of oppression and start addressing interpersonal and systemic community health, the rest of society condemns such people to living such troubled lives.

Childhood is a crucial time in people's lives, yet at the same time, there is always hope for forgiveness and personal resurrection.