Sentences with phrase «age story about»

Updated 13 February, with Age story about the Prime Minister opening his Closing the Gap address in the language of the Ngunawal, the people on whose... Read more

The featured read is Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya, a coming of age story about Antonio Márez, a Hispanic boy growing up in 1940s New Mexico.

Morris» excellent performance transforms Blakemore's imaginative coming - of - age story about a utopia that is not so idyllic after all into a must - listen.

A mesmerizing, indelible coming - of - age story about a girl in Boston's tightly - knit Ethiopian community who falls under the spell of a charismatic hustler out to change the world

With high drama, Donnelly weaves a real - life murder that took place in 1906 in upstate New York into this coming - of - age story about 16 - year - old Mattie, whose father wants her to marry their handsome neighbor and forbids her to accept a college scholarship.

- Wall Street Journal «Students of writing will find «Watchman» fascinating for these reasons: How did a lumpy tale about a young woman's grief over her discovery of her father's bigoted views evolve into a classic coming - of - age story about two children and their devoted widower father?

A coming of age story about a young woman called Ijeoma that reveals the suppression LGBTQ people continue to face daily in Nigeria.

This unforgettable, uncompromising coming - of - age story about a boy's sixteenth summer is told in language that is as clean as bleached bones.

An epic coming - of - age story about courage, friendship, desire, and faith, Seeker marks the beginning of a riveting new series.

A quiet coming - of - age story about leaving home.

So begins this beautifully written coming - of - age story about a young woman who struggles to overcome her family's frightening legacy and keep her own child from similar emotional harm.

Would you call this primarily a political novel, or is it more a coming - of - age story about one young woman's personal journey?

Karen Wunderman's first book Winterkill is a beautifully written coming of age story about a young girl growing up and coming to terms with her father's past which threatens to not only destroy her father but her family as well.

Friday, October 12, 3 - 4 PM I'll be talking to Bellwether Prize - winner Naomi Benaron about Running the Rift, a gorgeously written and heartbreaking coming - of - age story about an aspiring Olympic runner, set during the Rwandan Genocide.

L'Animale is mostly a coming - of - age story about this young woman recognizing her sexuality and accepting it, while also realizing she needs to grow up.

It Felt Like Love is an indie coming - of - age story about a young girl's sexual exploration from first - time filmmaker...

Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, releases her fourth novel, a coming - of - age story about a young woman during the Russian Revolution.

In this character - driven coming of age story about two 15 year old Latinas who struggle to recognize the sexual undercurrent in their friendship while growing up in an urban immigrant community within the U.S.. On the surface, «Mosquita Y Mari» is a story of best friends struggling with life's universal questions, including finding one's place in society.

Disney has announced an Earth Day 2019 release for Disneynature's «Penguins,» a new nature documentary dubbed a coming - of - age story about an Adelie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest...

It is a coming - of - age story about a young girl named Jenny (Carey Mulligan) whose father is very determined that she goes to Oxford.

Variety describe the book as «a visually inventive world with a powerful coming - of - age story about a boy finding his place in the universe», which is horribly reductive, but might be a useful angle for Bekmambetov to take in trying to make the project palatable for a studio.

It's a beautiful coming - of - age story about family, but the music is incredible and it's really our rise to fame and then after that... I think it really needed to set up the story before we could get into everything.»

A sweet coming - of - age story about an awkward teen trying to find himself while stuck at a vacation house with his mom and her overbearing new boyfriend, «The Way, Way Back» does a fantastic job weaving «80s - era hallmarks into a modern - day environment, and features great work from a top - notch cast, notably Steve Carell as the jerk boyfriend and Sam Rockwell as the manager of a nearby water park.

«Lady Bird» is a coming - of - age story about a teenager living in Sacramento whose fraught relationship with her mother provides the spine to her year fumbling toward some kind of self - reckoning.

With that said, there's much to admire with Guadagnino's coming - of - age story about first love and how we interpret it.

Anyway, it's a coming - of - age story about a teenage girl (Carey Mulligan) in 1960s suburban...

Lady Bird (****) Funny, touching coming - of - age story about a Sacramento high school senior (Saoirse Ronan) who quarrels with her mother (Laurie Metcalf) about her determination to leave California for a more sophisticated life at an Eastern college.

This coming of age story about a big girl with even bigger dreams has a distinct, visionary voice that makes it as meaningful as it is memorable.

Adapted from the novel by Eleanor Henderson, TEN THOUSAND SAINTS is a coming - of - age story about three teenagers in late 1980s New York City — Jude (Asa Butterfield), new to the city from Vermont, «straight - edge» musician Johnny (Emile Hirsch), and troubled, rich uptown girl Eliza (Hailee Steinfeld)-- who break away from their messed - up parents (Ethan Hawke and Emily Mortimer) to form their own surrogate family.

A coming - of - age story about a high school senior in Sacramento, California, Lady Bird isn't the sort of movie the Oscars have typically honored.

This film is a reflection of the times, telling a twisted coming - of - age story about a young woman who sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media.

Is it a coming - of - age story about a sensitive soul who's not quite got the heart for punk?

A brutal coming - of - age story about experimentation, be it ideas, identities, sexuality and tastes (even if it is your own arm or your sister's finger!)

Raw combines the body horror of cannibal films with a sexual coming - of - age story about a young woman attending veterinarian school, where a hazing ritual awakens all manner of new appetites.

Showing in the out - of - competition Premieres section, the film is described in the official Sundance announcement as «a coming - of - age story about a 28 - year - old woman stuck in permanent adolescence.»

The $ 1.5 - million coming of age story about a gay black boy in Miami has grossed $ 22.3 million in the U.S. and Canada, the lowest of the nine best - picture nominees so far.

IFC has debuted a trailer for an indie sports drama titled Wolves, a coming - of - age story about a star basketball player struggling with pressures and problems in his family.

It Felt Like Love is an indie coming - of - age story about a young girl's sexual exploration from first - time filmmaker and writer Eliza Hittman.

Essentially a coming - of - age story about a seemingly dopey middle - aged man, it's also a real charmer.For his whole life, Germain...

In this coming - of - age story about youths discovering the meaning of traditions against the fast - changing streets in Seoul, Jun, a Japanese freelance reporter finds a hidden Korean bakery in Seoul.

Before SXSW kicked off, I spoke with writer / director Noah Baumbach, who shared writing credits with his wife Jennifer Jason Leigh for his latest film, GREENBERG; a coming of age story about a guy (Ben Stiller) who's way too old to be coming of age.

«Lady Bird,» written and directed by Gerwig, and starring Saoirse Ronan, is a coming - of - age story about a high school senior in Sacramento, California in 2002/03, who acts out and searches for her place even as she prepares to take wing.

It is a wonderful coming - of - age story about a woman, by a woman.

It's a coming - of - age story about 15 - year - old youth, adapted from a novel by film critic François Bégaudeau, who wrote and starred in Laurent Cantet's 2008 Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Class.

Her latest stars Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks, and Annette Bening in a coming of age story about the effect of the Cuban missile crisis on a teenage friendship.

Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming - of - age story about finding your place in the world.

Druid Peak is a coming of age story about a troubled teenage boy who finds his place in the world tracking wolves in the wild lands of Wyoming.

(May 24, 2016) A coming - of - age story about a young woman who moves from nowhere (we never learn where) to New York and gets a job at a thinly veiled Union Square Cafe.

You don't have to love it, but I don't think anyone who watched it would deny that it's a dense, fully - realized — and my personal drum to beat has been that we see coming - of - age stories about young men rewarded all the time, but the ones about women always seem to need some tragedy in them to be considered «worthy».

The guys both are rising stars who lead two coming of age stories about young gay men — Nick in the upcoming Love, Simon and Harris in last year's critically acclaimed Beach Rats.