Girls coming of age on film
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore screen depictions of teen girlhood, from Ladybird to Turning Red.
As Judy Blume鈥檚 classic YA novel Are You There God? It鈥檚 Me, Margaret is adapted for the big screen, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore how a recent wave of coming of age films have looked at the subject from a teenage girl鈥檚 perspective.
Ellen speaks to critic Hannah Strong about the coming of age films that made her feel seen as a teen, from The Virgin Suicides to Welcome To The Dollhouse. She also talks to director Domee Shi about the inspiration for her 2022 Pixar film Turning Red.
And Mark talks to filmmaker and actor Marielle Heller about her directorial debut The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and why making a coming of age film can be a coming of age experience in itself.
Plus Nida Manzoor, director of teen comedy-drama Polite Society, shares her favourite teen girls on screen in Viewing Notes.
Producer: Jane Long
A Prospect Street production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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