Child actress-turned-filmmaker Kerri Lee Green's directing debut, an clear-eyed look at teenage pregnancy, was adapted from a play developed in a Los Angeles workshop for young mothers. Its three narrative threads all involve young girls facing adult decisions before they've left their own childhoods behind. Shanika (Tamara LaSeon Bass), 14, and her sister have been removed from their drug-addicted mother's custody, but while Shanika's sister adapts to foster care, Shanika's defiance alienates one family after another. She finally winds up at a shelter for troubled teenage girls, and being seperated from her entire family leaves her vulnerable to the blandishments of...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
87 mins