Just Kids

Directed by Alessandro Riconda · Starring Thana Ogunlade, Cameron Bell, Daniel Bertrand-Grell, Christine Gomes · 2024

Nine-year-old Alisha captains her rugby team as its only girl, and a match against a boy weighed down by his mother's expectations becomes a clash neither can win.

A sharp, child's-eye look at how early gender expectations hurt girls and boys alike.

A nine-year-old captain. A pitch full of boys who won't lose to a girl. An opponent she never saw coming.

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