Stella Blackmon captures growing up over an Ozarks summer, marking the countdown to turning 13

Over two sweltering Ozarks summer days, a girl contemplates growing up as her 13th birthday approaches.

An intimate, sun-soaked portrait of the fleeting moment between childhood and adolescence.

For the short film Turning 13, director Stella Blackmon captures youth in the Ozarks, and days where it feels like nothing and everything is happening to you, reflecting on the emotions that mark the shift into teenagedo

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