In 1983, seniors at Southside High School in Muncie, Indiana, face academic pressures and personal challenges during their final year.
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In 1983, seniors at Southside High School in Muncie, Indiana, face academic pressures and personal challenges during their final year.
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Southside High School in Muncie, Indiana, is the setting for Seventeen, a documentary directed by Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines. Filmed in 1983, it follows a group of seniors during their final year before graduation. The film captures their daily lives as they face academic pressures and personal challenges. Through candid interactions with peers and teachers, the students confront the realities of adulthood. Their experiences reflect the struggles of growing up in working-class America. Seventeen won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival.
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Why Watch
- See working-class teenage life in Muncie, Indiana.
- Meet the filmmakers who created their own camera rigs.
- Find out why it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Did You Know
- Seventeen was awarded the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at Sundance in 1985.
- The film was directed by Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines in 1983.
- It was filmed at Southside High School in Muncie, Indiana.
- Vincent Canby called it 'one of the best and most scarifying reports' on American life.
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Who directed the documentary Seventeen?
Seventeen was directed by Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines.
What award did Seventeen win at the Sundance Film Festival?
Seventeen was awarded the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival.
Where was Seventeen filmed?
Seventeen was filmed at Southside High School in Muncie, Indiana.
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