I wrote my first email to Jon Savage in March of 2009 asking if he ever thought about turning his book Teenage into a film.
Series: Director’s Diary
Notes and general musings about the culture that inspired Teenage from Director Matt Wolf
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Making Teenage
Tonight Teenage is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the most exciting part of this four-year project for me has been collaborations.
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Teenage: The Film, The Blog, The Future
Almost exactly two years ago, we launched this site, and I wrote a little letter about why I wanted to make the film Teenage.
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Looking Back On Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard was writing for Seventeen Magazine when she was still a teenage prep school student at Phillips Exeter Academy.
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Damien Wayne Echols
There was a gross miscarriage of justice when goth teenager Damien Wayne Echols and his friends were convicted of brutally murdering three boys at Robin Hoods Hill in West Memphis, Arkansas.
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Billy Douglas
I recently wrote an article for the incredible film magazine Little Joe about the pre-history of gay teenagers on television.
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Jo Vega & Me
I get obsessed with teenagers in documentaries. I guess it’s because I have some experience.
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Living in Teenage
In 1995 my friend Becky’s sister Jenny Villagran was back from college, and she gave me a copy of her zine Hepcat while playing a cassette of The Smiths.