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Just another girl on the I.R.T /

A black teenage girl living in Brooklyn dreams of medical school, a family, and an escape from the generational poverty of the inner city. Her dreams are put on hold when she becomes pregnant by her boyfriend.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Miramax Films, Truth 24 F.P.S., Inc, Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Johnson, Ariyān A., Thigpen, Kevin, Jerido, Ebony, Washington, Jerard, Harris, Leslie, Wilson, Erwin
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2002]
Edition:Fullscreen version.
Subjects:
African American teenage girls > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Teenage pregnancy > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Responsibility in adolescence > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
Social problem.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:A black teenage girl living in Brooklyn dreams of medical school, a family, and an escape from the generational poverty of the inner city. Her dreams are put on hold when she becomes pregnant by her boyfriend.
Item Description:Title from disc label.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Aspect ratio 1:33:1. Formatted from original version to fit the television screen.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (1 hr., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; 2.0 Dolby surround, digitally mastered.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Awards:Sundance Film Festival, special jury prize, 1993.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Richard Connors ; editor, Jack Haigs ; music, Eric Sadler, Willie Bruno II.