I viewed it with several of my colleagues here and was quite impressed. What a pleasure it was for all of us to have you share your experiences in producing the video. Too often we do not stop and consider the challenges that children face in our fast-paced lives. This is one of the best videotapes on gender that I have seen in a long time. The middle school girls who took the raw footage deserve a lot of credit, of course, but the editing needed for the final, polished product was also well done.
Teen girls speak frankly on issues in their lives.
The producers provided video cameras to girls throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. Girls were asked to talk about a variety of subjects from divorce to eating disorders to boys. The producers then trimmed over 100 hours of tape into a one-hour segment. The show mostly consistes of clips taken from the girls' tapes. Facts and figures about issues raised by the comments flash on screen between segments.