There are a couple of different things I would attempt to implement if I were the director of the Waxter Juvenile Facility to make the program more efficacious for juveniles sent there for reform. The length of her stay at Waxter will depend on whether she can acknowledge what she did and show appropriate remorse. "Excuse me," she said. From there she enrolls in high school, where she places fourth in her class, and plans to attend a community college. Megan also leaves Waxter. There are a couple of different things I would attempt to implement if I were the director of the Waxter Juvenile Facility to make the program more efficacious for juveniles sent there for reform. Shanae's family -- and her mother in particular -- repeatedly demonstrated that they loved her and wanted her to make a change for the better. Challenging Attachment MPAA rating: Unrated. Confronted with her crime, Shanae is strangely detached and has little memory of the incident. 1103 Words. Issues such as child neglect, failure of the foster care system, alcoholism and drug abuse. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/girlhood-subjects-get-narrative-feature-829762 Producers Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy. All the same, Marieme (Karidja Tour) goes through nearly as many shifts in appearance and identity as Boyhood's Mason. Finally, she becomes distraught when her relationship with her mother ends. Additionally, the film has been criticized for having the drama move the film along. Girls like Shanae and the films other principal subject, Megan, a disarmingly appealing teenager who, bounced from one foster home to another (11 total), landed in Waxter after slicing open another girl with a box cutter. Shanae had to go to a lower security facility before her mother was convinced that she was rehabilitated. Paperdue.com uses cookies to offer you the best service. 2 Working within the filmic fairy tale adaptation cycle that emerged between 2005 and 2015, this thesis investigates how girlhood is cinematically constructed through the lens of Unfortunately, this meant that she had no time to supervise and spend most time with Shanae. Megan gets out earlier, but never stays in one place very long. Required fields are marked *. airs Sundays at 9 p.m. Shanae and Megan both experienced similar circumstances that yielded different outcomes. . She stays briefly at another foster home before running away to live with friends and eventually by herself in the treacherous East Baltimore neighborhood where she got into trouble. Wake up to the day's most important news. Garbus, L. (Director). Your email address will not be published. The film follows them from 1999 through the year 2002. If the movie suggests that a strong mother-daughter bond is the key to a successful rehabilitation, it is too intelligent to belabor that notion. In an interview with NPR, the films director, Liz Garbus, admits that Girlhood was originally a documentary about incarcerated boys, but the girls stories were more interesting to her.