One Small Step

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Title

One Small Step

Subject

lesbian, feminist, family,

Description

Gift from filmmaker for teaching and research.

Set in South Carolina on the eve of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon walk, One Small Step is a dramatic comedy about a rambunctious 8-year-old tomboy, Ernestine “Teen” Miller. Taught by her parents that she can be anything she wants, Teen learns there is one exception to this rule when she announces to her mother that she is determined to marry the neighbor girl.

Date

1999

Moving Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

16mm

Duration

30 mins

Director

URL

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Player

Files

Citation

“One Small Step,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed March 13, 2026, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/749.

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