Shot over a 12-year period, "Girlhood" (Bande de filles) follows Marieme as she joins an all-girl gang in the projects of Paris and is slowly turned out of her shell by her three sassy neighbors. "Girlhood" opens today and receive a perfect score of 100 from the The Hollywood Reporter, which says, "Newcomer Karidja Toure makes a mesmerizing impression as a teenager drawn into a black girl-gang in the Paris suburbs in Celine Sciamma's expertly judged drama."
