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Green star American Teen

documentary United States, 2008 | 95 min. | Dir. Nanette Burstein

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American Teen Maybe kids are just accustomed to packaging themselves nowadays—I’m sure these Indiana high-school students all had their own MySpace pages—but I have never seen a more colorful pack of stereotypes in a nonfiction film. Megan is a brat with a cruel streak; Colin is a nice-guy jock; Jake is a cripplingly shy band nerd. The filmmaker’s sympathies clearly lie with Hannah, an adorable, guitar-playing “rebel” who wants to go to film school in San Francisco. The senior-year drama is so carefully condensed that entire conversations sound scripted, but that doesn’t make it any less engrossing. (Director-producer Nanette Burstein scheduled to attend; American Teen should open in Seattle theaters on Aug 1.) By Annie Wagner

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