Two young girl on a playground stand with their backs against each other and smile into the camera. They hold onto the chains of swings.
Going on 13
Still from Going on 13
Film Complete

Directed by

Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

From Tweety Bird to Bow Wow, double dutch to chat rooms, Daddy’s girls to first deceptions, watch as Ariana, Isha, Rosie, and Esme let go of childhood and fumble — or sprint — toward an uncertain future. This is puberty and for each of these girls of color, it’s a whirlwind of change and new choices. Without flinching, Going on 13 enters their world as they negotiate the precious, precarious moments between being a girl and becoming a young woman.

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