After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. has been digitally restored in 4K. The restoration made its UK debut at Glasgow Film Festival on 5 March, and will receive a theatrical release across the UK and Ireland from Park Circus from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective.
Brooklyn teenager Chantel (played with naturalistic verve by Ariyan A Johnson) dreams of becoming a doctor - which she sees as a route out from the life her working-class parents lead in their housing projects home. Intelligent and sharp-tongued, Chantel thinks she has it all worked out, until she falls for Tyrone (Kevin Thigpen) and discovers she is pregnant. Leslie Harris’ only feature film to date is as ambitious as its central character. Like Boyz N The Hood the previous year, Harris realistically considers the tough choices faced by teenage African-Americans of the period, this time with a female focus.
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New 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
