Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.

If you think you know her, think again.

199392 min6.9 / 10

A character-driven coming-of-age drama about a determined young woman navigating ambition, identity, and personal struggle in inner-city Brooklyn.

Chantel Mitchell, a hip, articulate, black high-school girl in Brooklyn, is determined not to become "just another girl on the IRT" (the IRT is one of NYC's subway lines). She dreams of medical school, a family, and an escape from the generational poverty and street-corner life her friends seem to have accepted as their lot. But personal and sexual challenges confront Chantel on her way to fulfilling these dreams.

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