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Girls Like Us
Girls Like Us
Directed by	Tina Di Feliciantonio; Jane C. Wagner
Produced by	Tina Di Feliciantonio
Distributed by	Women Make Movies
Release date	January 1997 (Sundance);
Running time	60 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

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Girls Like Us is a 1997 documentary film directed by Tina Di Feliciantonio and Jane C. Wagner. It follows the lives of four teenage girls of Philadelphia for four years. Girls Like Us was funded by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.^[1]

Critical reception

Godfrey Cheshire of Variety magazine wrote, "If few films offer such rich human material in such succinct, balanced, nonpolemical form, fewer still are timely enough to serve as ideal conversation pieces for young women facing similar situations. Wagner and Di Feliciantonio's doc could prove as useful as it is intelligent."^[2]

The film won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Prize for Documentary in 1997.^[3] It was later aired on the PBS series POV. In 1997, Girls Like Us also took home a News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Programming.^[4]

References

^ "Girls Like Us". www.wmm.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
^ Cheshire, Godfrey (Feb 3, 1997). "Girls Like Us". Variety. ProQuest 236266055.
^ "Sundance Institute".
^ "Girls Like Us | ITVS". itvs.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.

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Awards
Preceded by Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern	Sundance Grand Jury Prize: Documentary 1997	Succeeded by The Farm tied with Frat House

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[1] "Girls Like Us". www.wmm.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.

[2] Cheshire, Godfrey (Feb 3, 1997). "Girls Like Us". Variety. ProQuest 236266055.

[3] "Sundance Institute".

[4] "Girls Like Us | ITVS". itvs.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.

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+Godfrey Cheshire of ''Variety'' magazine wrote, "If few films offer such rich human material in such succinct, balanced, nonpolemical form, fewer still are timely enough to serve as ideal conversation pieces for young women facing similar situations. Wagner and Di Feliciantonio's doc could prove as useful as it is intelligent."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cheshire|first=Godfrey|title=Girls Like Us|date=Feb 3, 1997|work=Variety|id={{ProQuest|236266055}}}}</ref>
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