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Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)

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Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992): For over thirty years, this Brooklyn-set coming of age film was near impossible to see, but with a crisp new digital restoration finally available, we’re excited to present this early 90s debut from Leslie Harris for the first time in The Netherlands. The film revolves around Chantel, a mouthy seventeen year old convinced that with good grades and brawn alone the generational lineage of poverty and limited job opportunity can be broken. Reality hits differently though, when presented with some hard facts of life. Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. is a great ‘slice of life’ movie and it’s a darn shame Harris didn’t develop a career in filmmaking from this impressive debut. English language without subtitles.

Credits

Regie
Leslie Harris
Cast
Ariyan A. Johnson, Kevin Thigpen, Ebony Jerido
Genre
drama, romance
Speelduur
92 minutes
Land
VS
Taal
English
Ondertiteling
Geen

Storyline

Chantel Mitchell, a hip, articulate, black high-school girl in Brooklyn, is determined not to become “just another girl on the IRT” (the IRT is one of NYC’s subway lines). She dreams of medical school, a family, and an escape from the generational poverty and street-corner life her friends seem to have accepted as their lot. But personal and sexual challenges confront Chantel on her way to fulfilling these dreams.