The Kids Grow Up (12+)
USA, 2010, colour, 90 min.
Director: Doug Block
Director: Doug Block
The Kids Grow Up chronicles director Doug Block's relationship with his only child Lucy, focusing on her emotionally-fraught last year at home before leaving for college. Moving seamlessly between past, present, and the fast-approaching future, Block has not only crafted a loving portrait of a girl transitioning into womanhood, but also a deeply poignant look at parenting and what it means to let go.
Doug Block
Doug Block
is a New York-based documentary filmmaker who has won increasing international recognition as a master of the autobiographical film form. With a long body of highly acclaimed work as both director and producer, his films have won countless awards, screened in dozens of leading film festivals, and shown in theaters and broadcast on television throughout the world.
FILMOGRAPHY
The Heck With Hollywood!, 1991; Silverlake Life: The View From Here, 1993; Jupiter's Wife, 1995; Home Page, 1999; 51 Birch Street, 2005; A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory, 2007; The Kids Grow Up, 2009; The Edge of Dreaming, 2009; Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, 2011; The Children Next Door, 2012; 112 Weddings, 2014; The Trade, 2016.
USA, 2010, colour, 90 min.
Director: Doug Block
Director: Doug Block
The Kids Grow Up chronicles director Doug Block's relationship with his only child Lucy, focusing on her emotionally-fraught last year at home before leaving for college. Moving seamlessly between past, present, and the fast-approaching future, Block has not only crafted a loving portrait of a girl transitioning into womanhood, but also a deeply poignant look at parenting and what it means to let go.