Middletown (2025)

Original title

Teenage Wasteland

Directed by

Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1991, high school journalists in Middletown, New York and their teacher discover a toxic waste dump in their town. The documentary follows them as they expose the dump.

investigativeearnestfocuseddeterminedresilientinformativereflective

What happens

Teenage Wasteland is a 2025 documentary film which explores how in 1991 a group of high school journalists and their teacher in Middletown, New York exposed the existence of a toxic waste dump in the town. The film was directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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