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The Reentry Project. Girl Trouble
There has never been a film that takes a critical look at why current
strategies are failing young women in the juvenile justice system. Over
four years, Girl Trouble follows three teenage girls who are caught
up in San Francisco's juvenile justice system. In the beginning of the
film, the girls work at the Center for Young Women's Development in San
Francisco, the nation's first employment, leadership, and advocacy program
run entirely by and for girls who have been incarcerated. There they try
to get their lives together, but solutions to their complex problems do
not come easily.In Girl Trouble, the girls tell their own stories as they confront
parenthood, family violence, and continued involvement with the legal
system. In entering their worlds, we begin to see through their eyes,
and come to understand their solutions to the seemingly insurmountable
challenges they face. The film traces their struggles to understand and
change their lives, presenting hard-won insights rarely heard in public
dialogue about girls in trouble.
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