Mike Leigh‘s 1987 short film, The Short and Curlies, is a story of young love in suburban purgatory.
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Juvenile Delinquent Boys of Ishka, Russia
Photographs by Lise Sarfati of a colony for the reeducation of underaged delinquent boys through hard labor in Iksha, Russia, 1995.
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13 Yr Old Compares School System to Slavery
httpv://youtu.be/T-lG1Wb2AfM
Eighth grader Jada Williams, a student at School #3 in Rochester NY, wrote a compelling essay connecting the Rochester School System to Frederick Douglas’s The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, or slavery.
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Punk Girls of Houston, TX
Punk rock deep in the heart of Texas.
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“Times Square” Movie
One of my favorite teen and music themed movies of all time (a favorite genre to begin with) is Times Square.
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The Modern Sound Trio
The Modern Sound Trio was a jazz group composed of all blind high school students.
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Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
Fourteen year old Frankie Lymon, the genius soprano doo-wop singer and songwriter, talks about how he spends his allowance with an English interviewer.
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Evangelist Tzigane Gypsies, France, 1973
Selected photographs by Guy Le Querrec of youths at the International Meeting of Evangelist Tziganes that took place in Brittany, France, 1973.
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Kids And Money
httpv://youtu.be/ZBJxYKYVSOE
In 2007, filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield interviewed Los Angeles teenagers about money for the New York Times.
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K-Mart Ads
Australian teen-centric fashion mag, Dolly was chock full of fashion, advice, knowledge and advertisements (duh).