girlhood

last night before bedtime, i watched this documentary girlhood.  i should've known better than to watch something disturbing like that right before beauty sleep time... i ended up tossing and turning and woke up this morning feeling restless and tired.

the movie followed two girls, shanae and megan, and their journey through the maryland juvenile detention system.  stories like that are not new, and i'm sure you can open up any newspaper and read something similar to that every day.  still, it was extremely heartbreaking to connect these girls with their stories.   

people would probably immediately assume these girls were "bad" and the documentary showed a "good" or "human" side of these out-of-control girls.  but that wasn't the case.  in my mind, these girls weren't "bad".  sure, they made some mistakes, but their environment and circumstances had a lot more influence on their actions and lives.  people who dismiss these girls and wonder why they can't get their lives together fail to understand the everyday life of these girls.  

overall it was an eye-opening movie, rent it and let me know what y'all think!