Film Category: Curated by Alan Berliner

My Name is Oona
Gunvor Nelson

“My Name is Oona captures in haunting, lyrical images fragments of the coming to consciousness of a child girl. Gunvor Nelson, as true poetess of…

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Teenagers Under the Gun

An A&E investigative report that focuses on several teenagers who’ve committed extremely violent crimes. One blames the movie Natural Born Killers; another blames the lyrics…

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Express Yourself

An MTV documentary about young people standing up for their beliefs.

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Warning Signs
MTV Neworks, American Psychological Association

School shooters, from the point of view of the kids. Premiered the day after the Columbine Massacre.

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Seventeen
Joel DeMott, Jeff Kreines

Inspired by the studies of Robert and Helen Lynd in 1929 and 1935, this classic series explores both the continuity and the change embodied in…

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Dream Deceivers
David Van Taylor

After James Vance narrowly survived his suicide attempt, he—and his born-again Christian mother—insisted heavy metal music led him astray. Their lawsuit against rock group Judas…

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One of Us
Susan Korda

Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are happy in the same way. Unhappy families are unhappy in their own ways. Susan Korda comes from a…

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A.K.A. Don Bonus
Spencer Nakasako

For most American 18-year-olds, senior year in high school is a year filled with hope for the future. But for Sokly “Don Bonus” Ny, it…

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Little Fugitive
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin

Little Fugitive is an utterly charming fable that poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood. When a seven-year-old boy (Richie Andrusco) is tricked into…

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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Todd Solondz

Welcome to the Dollhouse is a stark suburban comedy about 11-year-old Dawn Wiener, a middle child in middle school in the middle of New Jersey.…

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