Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. is a 1992 drama film written, produced, and directed by Leslie Harris. It remains Harris only film to date.

She lives with her struggling working class parents and her two younger brothers. With her mother working during the day and her father working the night shift and hence sleeping all day, Chantel is given the responsibility of taking care of her brothers in addition to going to school fulltime and working a parttime job at a local grocery store.However, she earns mostly As and Bs in school, and is fully determined to receive an education beyond her primary one. Much to the chagrin of her teachers, she wants to graduate early in order to get into college as soon as possible. Her dream is tested with her constant clashes with her schools administration, and her recent romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone Kevin Thigpen. She becomes pregnant and undermines herself with false confidence and lack of real worldly knowledge. ........

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