Feature: Larry Talks To Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss, Directors Of Documentary ‘Girls State’

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Apr 5, 2024

Feature: Larry Talks To Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss, Directors Of Documentary ‘Girls State’

For this week’s FilmWeek feature, we talk to documentarian directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss about their second look into teen-led governments and the takeaways they got from their subjects in their new film ‘Girls State.’

Directors and Producers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss behind-the-scenes of “Girls State"

A new documentary, directed by Emmy-award-winning directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, looks into the decision-making of 500 civically engaged teen girls in Missouri who go through the process of electing their peers to different branches of government. This follows the 2020 documentary “Boys State,” which won them their Primetime Emmy, following teen boys in Texas building their democratically-elected government. For this week’s FilmWeek feature, we talk to Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss about their second look into teen-led governments and the takeaways they got from their subjects in ‘Girls State.’

“Girls State” releases on Apple TV+ on Friday, April 5.

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