After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. has finally been digitally restored.
Brooklyn teenager Chantel (played with naturalistic verve by Ariyan A Johnson) dreams of becoming a doctor - which she sees as a route out from the life her working-class parents lead in their housing projects home. Intelligent and sharp-tongued, Chantel thinks she has it all worked out, until she falls for Tyrone (Kevin Thigpen) and discovers she is pregnant. Leslie Harris’ only feature film to date is as ambitious as its central character. Like Boyz N The Hood the previous year, Harris realistically considers the tough choices faced by teenage African-Americans of the period, this time with a female focus.
Winner Special Jury Prize 1993 Sundance Film Festival
