“When I was a teenager, black pride became newly popular again. Suddenly a lot of black people were wearing the fake kente cloth and red black and green and Bob Marley. That was sort of my window into finding my own identity as a black person.” PeoplePersonsBlackMy OwnIdentityPrideFindingsRedWindowGreenTeenagerFakeBlack PeopleBobBlack PersonMarleyBlack Pride Author:W. Kamau Bell
“I made a film about adolescence and what going through it is like for a specific group of girls. Adolescence is always about wanting desperately to be individuals, and also about wanting desperately to fit in. For every teenager it's about finding that balance.” MadeFilmGirlIndividualGroupsBalanceFitFindingsTeenagerAdolescence Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“For every teenager there are issues that make finding it hard. These girls are totally unique and totally like every teenager everywhere - in the world. They illuminate, beautifully, the universal search for identity that we all have. I hope that people come away from the film with a better understanding of themselves, and compassion for others.” PeopleWorldHardFilmGirlUnderstandingCompassionIssuesIdentityFindingsUniqueUniversalTeenagerCompassion For OthersSearch For Identity Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“It's really scary, when you're on the verge of becoming a teenager, and you don't know if people like you for you or if they like you for the show you're on. So I started finding friends who were not that way, who are accepting and see you who you are.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShowsAcceptingLike YouBecomingFindingsWho You AreScaryTeenagerVergeReally Scary Author:Rowan Blanchard
“Teenagers want to be able to fight for what's right - but finding out what's right is now 90 percent of the battle.” WantAbleFightingBattleFindingsPercentTeenager Author:Maggie Stiefvater