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Teenage (2013)

Teenage poster
Directed by
Matt Wolf
Genre
documentary film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the early history of youth culture before the 1950s. It uses archival footage and diary entries to show how young people in different eras created their own identities and social movements.

thoughtfulnostalgicinformativereflectivehistoricalcontemplativeslow-pacededucational

What happens

Teenage is a 2013 documentary film directed by Matt Wolf and based on Jon Savage's book Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture. In the documentary, Wolf attempts to bring to life the "prehistory" of youth culture which preceded and evolved into the concept of teenage culture in the 1950s and beyond. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, 2013. and was released in a limited release and through video on demand on March 14, 2014, by Oscilloscope Laboratories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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