Sébastien Lifshitz, 2020, 88min, France

Little Girl is screening for $12 on October 27th, 2021 at 7:30pm, in the Maysles Cinema, with a Q&A with filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz. 

“When I grow up, I’m going to be a girl,” declares 3-year-old Sasha, assigned male at birth in provincial France. In time, the petite 8-year-old dons pink dresses and hair ribbons — though only at home — as she and her close-knit family confront their community’s resistance to her calmly proclaimed identity. From Sasha’s bedroom to scenes of alienation in ballet class and the school principal’s office — and finally to sessions with an empathetic therapist in Paris — the filmmaker captures this child’s poignant emotional shifts, by turns remarkably mature and heartbreakingly anxious. Her strong-willed mother fights tirelessly on Sasha’s behalf, moving through complex stages of guilt, anger, and hope. Despite all the ado made by adults, it is young Sasha who must learn to be at ease in the world. 

(Film will be screened in French with English subtitles)

An in-person Q&A with Sébastien Lifshitz will follow the screening. 

This screening is presented in partnership with Uptown Flicks with the support of Unifrance. 

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