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Coming-of-Age Essays

Coming-of-Age Essays

7 min read

Look back: Do girls come of age only to fall in love with boys?

by Jaylan Salah

September 8, 2022

Would I want my daughter to watch a film where women come of age and discover things other than love? Absolutely.
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Black History, Coming-of-Age Essays, LGBTQ+

6 min read

Look back: ‘Moonlight’: removing the physical armour

by Marjorie H. Morgan

June 1, 2021

"Moonlight" (2016) is a poetic and universal tale. It is a coming-of-age story for everyone who has every questioned “Who am I?” The central character in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s story
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Coming-of-Age Essays, personal essay

6 min read

‘Bend It Like Beckham’ and finding a place in a man’s world

by Danielle Acton

October 2, 2019

I first saw Gurinder Chadha’s “Bend It Like Beckham” (2002) in my Film as Literature class when I was sixteen. I remember the film sticking out to me because I
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Coming-of-Age Essays

7 min read

‘Lady Bird’ and coming home

by Caitlin Wolf

September 30, 2019

In Christine and her insecure and unkind imperfection, I see myself in high school. Though I was never as bold or outwardly rebellious, I shared her desire to run away
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Coming-of-Age Essays

3 min read

Cinema Femme’s Coming-Of-Age Issue—Editor’s Letter

by Rebecca Martin

September 29, 2019

I’m very excited about Issue Six, our “Coming-Of-Age” issue. Our cover film is the Netflix hit “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018), directed by Susan Johnson and based

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