Parker Hill and Isabelle Bethencourt, directors of the Showtime documentary Cusp, said their goal was to demonstrate the invisible burdens teenage girls face.
They both spoke during Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary about their doc following three Texas teenagers.“They’re wearing this invisible backpack that’s just weighing them down and it’s on their shoulders,” Hill said. “We really wanted to point to a lot of what’s going on at home but also out of the house socially.”Bethencourt said she observed her subjects, as young as 15 and 16, learning to say no.“One of the things we wanted to highlight is the process of growing up and finding your own agency,” Bethencourt said. “I think for a lot of girls, that process to say no or to value
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