Leslie Harris is a filmmaker known for her seminal coming of age film Just Another Girl on the I.R.T which follows the life of an intelligent, brash teenage girl who is thrown for a loop when she discovers she's pregnant. Harris is also the first Black woman director to win the Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.
Leslie Harris
Cleveland, Ohio
Films
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
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(1992)
With hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams. Harris became the first Black woman director to win the Special Jury Prize at Sundance for this film.
