Girls will be Girls is an experimental documentary film that explores female stereotypes, retelling girlhood stories, using archival footage and oral histories. Clips were taken from a range of archival footage at East Anglian Film Archive and juxtaposed with the spoken audio. In the film, four mature women, discuss their expectations and behaviours of girls growing into womanhood in Great Britain, looking at how they should act, speak, dress and conduct themselves. The film playfully explores the pressures to conform to certain behaviours and beliefs, covering appearance, school, friendships, relationships with boys, family and career opportunities.
The film was created for the 2019 East Anglian Film Archive mash-up competition under the theme Discovery. The film screened at FaB Festival, Margate Film Festival and SVOX.TV Film and Video Arts channel.
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