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Girls State

Opens on September 25

Director: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2024

Starring: Brooke Taylor, Cecilia Bartin, Emily Worthmore, Faith Glasgow, Nisha Murali

Special Premiere Screening! Filmmakers and Subjects in Person! Discussion to Follow!

Double Feature co-presented with The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in Missouri navigate an immersive experiment to build a government from the ground up.

Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, as well as two subjects from the film, Cecilia Bartin and Tochi Ihekona, will be present for the Q&A, which will be moderated by Hanaa’ Tameez.

Double Feature with BOYS STATE

Join The Shorenstein Center for GIRLS STATE and Reimagining Democracy for Gen Z, Tue, Sep 24 at 6:00pm at John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge.  

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