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From the Academy Award nominated director of The Farm: Angola, USA
Shanae was ten years old when she was gang-raped by five boys. She responded by drinking and drugging, and then at age 12, graduated to murder. Abandoned by her mother, a heroin addict turned prostitute, Megan ran away from ten different foster homes before being arrested on assault charges. Both girls ended up in the Waxter Juvenile Facility, home to Maryland's most violent offenders.
Academy Award nominated director Liz Garbus follows Shanae and Megan for the next three years, as they try to make a life for themselves both inside and outside of Baltimore's juvenile justice system. A story of mothers and daughters, crimes and consequences, and strength in the face of unimaginable adversity, Girlhood is a testament to the faith and struggles of two girls just trying to grow up.
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