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Laurel Parmet is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial debut in 2023 with The Starling Girl starring Eliza Scanlen and Lewis Pullman .
Apr 4, 2023 · Laurel Parmet. Why does this story need to be told now? There’s a huge reckoning with abuse, consent, and power dynamics within the culture at large and within communities of faith. Sexual abuse is often portrayed in films as clear-cut; you see a victim with no agency. And don’t get me wrong, many, many times it is clear-cut.
May 5, 2023 · The daughter of a cinematographer and costume designer who was raised on film sets, Laurel Parmet was submerged in on-site research for a short film about rodeo when she bumped into the group,...
May 10, 2023 · The Starling Girl delicately explores the gray areas of teen angst and fundamentalist guilt Laurel Parmet on making a movie about a girl and her youth pastor that refuses easy answers.
Jul 11, 2023 · The Starling Girl: Directed by Laurel Parmet. With Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wrenn Schmidt. 17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
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Jun 13, 2024 · Director Laurel Parmet’s debut feature film, The Starling Girl, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival (I saw it at SXSW 2023 and just reviewed it for its May 12 release), where it secured distribution from Bleecker Street Media.
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May 10, 2023 · An emotionally complex and sensitively told coming-of-age story, Laurel Parmet ’s “The Starling Girl” explores questions of love, self-sacrifice, and agency within institutions of faith and family, even as it remains rooted in its protagonist’s gradually maturing perspective.
