White Girl is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Elizabeth Wood in her directorial debut.

It stars Morgan Saylor, Brian Marc, India Menuez, Adrian Martinez, Anthony Ramos (in his film acting debut), Ralph Rodriguez, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Chris Noth and Justin Bartha.

It was acquired by Netflix for worldwide streaming video on demand, and was released in select American theaters nationwide on September 2, 2016, by FilmRise.

Leah, a student about to enter her second year of college, moves in with her friend Katie into an apartment in Ridgewood, Queens.

One night, out of marijuana, she asks a group of young Latino men on her corner to sell her drugs.

As her debts pile up, Lloyd finds her, pressuring her for the rest of the money, so she asks Kelly for a $17,000 loan.

[6][7] Shortly after, Netflix acquired worldwide video on demand distribution rights to the film for a seven figure price.

[8] In April 2016, FilmRise acquired theatrical distribution rights to the film with a planned late summer-fall 2016 release.

The site's consensus states: "White Girl isn't an easy watch, but it adroitly walks the line between exploitation and drama - and marks an admirably assured debut for writer-director Elizabeth Wood".

[13] Writing in the New York Times, Stephen Holden designated the film an "NYT Critic's Pick" stating that "we’re all familiar with the term contact high, but not with its antithesis.

[18][19] Leslie Feleprin in The Hollywood Reporter praised the film as "squalid, shocking, and sexy as hell" and addressed the critical controversy, stating that "after the screening I attended, an indignant fellow journalist argued that if it had been made by a man it would be vilified for its misogyny... Misogyny, unfortunately, is not something that can be objectively measured in a work of art.

IndieWire's David Ehrlich wrote that "Elizabeth Wood’s fire-breathing debut is an adrenalized shot of ecstasy and entitlement, a fully committed cautionary tale that’s able to follow through on its premise because — like the remarkable young actress who plays its heroine — the film is unafraid of being utterly loathsome.

It’s given with love and affection, as in her nascent relationship with Blue, and it is forced upon her, in a horrific rape scene near the end of the film.

Anne Helen Peterson wrote an essay titled How A Movie Filled With Coke And Dicks Explodes White Privilege in which she deems the movie "a trenchant critique of the privilege afforded young, beautiful, white women, and the wreckage they can leave behind.