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Black History, Coming-of-Age Essays, LGBTQ+

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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

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‘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

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‘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

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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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Comedy, Coming of Age, Interviews

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Ten years later, the world is ready for ‘Booksmart’

by Pamela Powell

May 29, 2019

There are two main reasons Olivia Wilde's directorial debut "Booksmart" is getting such high praises: Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever.
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