Synopsis

Questioning why she “has to” shave her hairy legs launches one 13-year-old girl on a journey of self-discovery.

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Filmmaker Biography:



Halifax filmmaker Andrea Dorfman has written and directed many award-winning documentaries, features and animated films, including the NFB-produced Flawed (2010), Big Mouth (2012) and feature doc The Girls of Meru (2018). Dorfman’s video collaborations with poet-musician Tanya Davis, How to Be Alone (2010) and How to Be at Home (2020), became YouTube sensations. Dorfman’s latest animated short, Hairy Legs (2024), explores one girl’s small yet life-changing act of defiance.

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