Growing Up Female (film) explained

Growing Up Female
Director:	Julia Reichert Jim Klein
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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.^{[1] [2]} 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".^{[3] [4] [5]}

Further reading

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

Notes and References

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