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Smile Pretty

With self-esteem at the forefront, Smile Pretty asks what would-be teenage beauty queens have to gain from competing in pageants, and what these rituals tell us about growing up female.

Premiere Date

November 1, 1999

Length

60 minutes

Carol Cassidy

Producer

A graduate of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, Carol produced and directed the ITVS program, Baby Love, which won a Golden Apple from the National Educational Media Association. She also produced and directed the PBS series Girls in America, and co-produced and co-directed Wildwood, New Jersey, a documentary about working-class women and girls. Carol has worked in news and documentary for Cable News Network and Turner Broadcasting System, producing award-winning work on the war in Bosnia, the Somalia famine, the end of the Cold War, and the Gulf War.
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