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 Armaan : an adolescent’s journey of self discovery New Delhi : Voluntary Health Association of India, [2001?]
1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/2 in.
Summary:  Documentary film critically questions the insensitivity & gender bias that a young girl in her adolescent years gets subjected to.
Lilly Library:  A-V Video cassette | VC 11786

Baby baby go away ... [videorecording]  Media, PA : Media Inc., 1993.
1 videocassette (21 min.), col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits:  Director, Lech Slocinski ; producer Bill Waring ; associate producer, JoAnn Siddens ; written by Lech Slocinski, Jan McGourty.
Medical Center Library:  A-V Collection | WS462 B11 1993
Summary
:  This video is an attempt to provide a glimpse of life as it really is for a teenage parent.
Notes:  Middle school through high school

Reviving Ophelia: saving the selves of adolescent girls [videorecording] / a Media Education Foundation production.  Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, 1998.
1 videocassette (35 min.), col. ; 1/2 in.
Summary:  Mary Pipher discusses the challenges facing today’s teenagers, especially girls, as well as the role of media and popular culture in shaping their identities.
Lilly Library:  A-V Limited Circulation | VC 9109

Run like a girl [videorecording] / Independent Television Service ; Carol Cassidy, producer/director. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1999.
1 videocassette (57 min.), col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits:  Carol Cassidy, editor ; Cynthia Pusheck, director of photography ; Christopher Connor, on-line editor.
Lilly Library:  A-V Video cassette | VC 8607
Summary
:  " ... The unconventional yet extremely demanding sports of rugby, synchronized swimming, and double-Dutch jumping provide the context for teenage girls from a cross-section of ethnic backgrounds to probe the issues of adolescence. They discuss their feelings of liberation within the strict regimentation of competitive sports, their search for identity and self-esteem while revolting against the stereotyped expectations of others, body image, dating, and the importance of mothers and coaches as mentors. They also tackle social concerns, including bulimia, self-injury, suicide, broken homes, teenage pregnancies, and crime ..."

Sexual dependency [videorecording] = Dependencia sexual / BoSD Films, LLC ; produced by Rodrigo Bellott, Ara Katz ; writers, Rodrigo Bellott, Lenelle N. Moise; directed by Rodrigo Bellott.  New York, NY : Wellspring Media, [2004]
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.), col. ; 4 3/4 in.
English and Spanish dialogue, English subtitles.
Participants: Ronica V. Reddick, Matthew Guida, Matt Cavanaugh, Alexandra Aponte, Ronald Flores, Rodolfo Quizbert, Jorge Antonio Saavedia, Maria Elva Saucedo, Roberto Urbina, Javier Yabeta.
Credits:  Directors of photography, Rodrigo Bellott, Daryn De Luco ; editor, Adriana Pacheco ; music, John Dobry, Jeremiah Vancans ; production designer, Carlos Pardo.  
Lilly Library: A-V DVD | DVD 3912
Summary
: Five teenagers from the United States and Bolivia, with nothing in common except the desire to experience true intimacy, fall victim to their own sexual dependencies, self-perceptions and illusions. The teenagers deal with issues such as femininity, masculinity, virginity, rape and sexuality, and each teen will struggle to make sense of their own identity, reaching for ideals that represent everything they feel they are supposed to be, but are not.

Smile pretty [videorecording] / Independent Television Service ; Carol Cassidy, producer/director. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1999.
1 videocassettte (57 min.), col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits:  Carol Cassidy, editor ; Cynthia Pusheck, director of photography ; Christopher Connor, on-line editor.
Lilly Library:  A-V Video cassette | VC 8608
Summary
:  " ... Teenage girls from a cross-section of ethnic backgrounds open their hearts about life as a beauty queen, discussing the pressure to fulfill a societal ideal, the allure of celebrity, and the artificiality of the modelling trade. In addition, they share incidents of heroism and sacrifice, feelings about their struggle for personal identity, and insights into the mother/daughter relationship ..."


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