"Putting The GRL In GRLHOOD"
Taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to experimental filmmaking, GRLHOOD explores a typical day in the life of a young woman trying to take a trip to the corner shop.
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Kate McPoland
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Will North
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Louis Brixton
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