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Apr 2023
35m 39s

Puberty and Filmmaking—Not So Different!...

NO FILM SCHOOL
About this episode
Kelly Fremon Craig is a writer and director who has earned awards and nominations for her first feature, The Edge of Seventeen. Her second feature, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, is based on the very famous Judy Blume novel of the same name. A main theme of this film is what it’s like to undergo the complicated process of puberty, which is ironically ... Show More
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