So it comes as no surprise that Worthmore is among three young women featured in the Sundance-debuting documentary who have set their sights on the governorship of Missouri Girls State. For their engaging female-focused followup to 2020's Texas-set "Boys State," co-directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss traveled to the Show Me State in June of 2022 to show us the American Legion Auxiliary's annual program for high school girls, which brings in delegates from big cities and rural burgs alike. In The News:
'Girls State' Review: The Female-Focused Doc Sequel to 'Boys State'
For their engaging followup, co-directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss head to Missouri to focus on seven young women taking the reins of representational government.
In a rich twist, Missouri Boys State is taking place on the same college campus: Lindenwood University, in St. Charles, about 30 miles northeast of St. Louis. That this is the first time in their long histories that the programs are being held at the same time and same place provides the film a pointed subplot about ...
When directors Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine left the 2020 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize for their documentary "Boys State," their desire to follow it up with "Girls State" was only emboldened and considered more relevant. Now, four years later, does its quasi-sequel stand on its ...
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