The Invention of the Adolescent (1967)
- Directed by
- Patricia Watson
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short documentary looks at how young people have been treated throughout history. It uses paintings and old footage to show that teenagers and adults lived together peacefully until the 1800s, when new ideas about protecting young people created a gap between generations.
educationalobservationalreflectivethought-provokingneutralhistoricalcalmanalytical
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