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    Growing Up Female

    Julia Reichert Jim Klein 1971 USA Documentary b/w 60min English DCP
    Made on a shoestring with an early DIY aesthetic, this film is now a classic of the Second Wave Women's Movement, the first feature documentary to come out of those halcyon days. Screened for years in women's centers, classrooms and church basements, it played a critical role in the spreadong of the womens movement across the United States.

    Director

    Julia Reichert

    Julia Reichert is a three-time Academy Award nominated and primetime Emmy winning documentary filmmaker. Reichert and Klein’s first film, GROWING UP FEMALE, was selected for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011. Reichert’s films have been official selections of the Sundance, and New York Film Festival, among many others.

    Jim Klein

    Jim Klein’s pioneering documentary films have garnered two Academy Award nominations. He has been an active member of the independent film movement since the early 1970s. He is a founder of the pioneering film distribution co-operative New Day Films and active in the filmmaker organizations that shaped the field.

    Julia Reichert

    2015 MAKING MORNING STAR

    2014 NO GUNS FOR CHRISTMAS

    2012 REINVENTION STORIES

    2009 THE LAST TRUCK: CLOSING OF A GM PLANT

    2006 A LION IN THE HOUSE

    1983 SEEING RED

    1976 UNION MAIDS

    1970 GROWING UP FEMALE

    Jim Klein

    1996 TAKEN FOR A RIDE

    1990 LETTER TO THE NEXT GENERATION

    1984 SEEING RED

    1976 UNION MAIDS

    1974 METHADONE: AN AMERICAN WAY OF DEALING

    1970 GROWING UP FEMALE

    Directors: Julia Reichert and Jim Klein

    Camera: Jim Medalia

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