Status
Completed
Type
Cinereach Original Production
Year
2013
Production
Key Cast
Director
Matt Wolf
Producers
Kyle Martin, Ben Howe
Matt Wolf (Director/Writer) is a New York-based filmmaker. His critically acclaimed and award-winning feature documentary Wild Combination about the avant-garde cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell was released worldwide in 2008. Matt's film I Remember is about the artist and poet Joe Brainard. Matt has made short films for PBS, the Sundance Channel, and the New York Times, including the Op-Doc collaboration with Jon Savage "The Role of Youth." Matt recently created a documentary series for the Whitney Museum and completed a documentary about the children's book illustrator and Eloise co-creator Hilary Knight, executive produced by Lena Dunham for HBO.
Matt Wolf (Director/Writer) is a New York-based filmmaker. His critically acclaimed and award-winning feature documentary Wild Combination about the avant-garde cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell was released worldwide in 2008. Matt's film I Remember is about the artist and poet Joe Brainard. Matt has made short films for PBS, the Sundance Channel, and the New York Times, including the Op-Doc collaboration with Jon Savage "The Role of Youth." Matt recently created a documentary series for the Whitney Museum and completed a documentary about the children's book illustrator and Eloise co-creator Hilary Knight, executive produced by Lena Dunham for HBO.
Before the 'Teenager' was invented, there was no second stage of life. You were either a child or you went to work as an adult. At the turn of the century, child labor was ending, 'adolescence' was emerging, and a struggle erupted between adults and youth. Would the young be controlled and regimented, or could they be free? Inspired by punk author Jon Savage's book, Teenage gives voice to young people from the first half of the 20th century in America, England, and Germany - from party-crazed Flappers and hip Swing Kids to zealous Nazi Youth and frenzied Sub-Debs. By the end of World War II, they were all 'Teenagers': a new idea of youth. Four young voices (Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Julia Hummer, Jessie Usher) bring to life rare archival material and filmed portraits of emblematic teenagers from history - Brenda Dean Paul, a self-destructive Bright Young Thing; Melita Maschmann, an idealistic Hitler Youth; Tommie Scheel, a rebellious German Swing Kid; and Warren Wall, a black Boy Scout. This living collage is punctuated by a contemporary score by Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound). Teenage is a story that ends with a beginning: a prelude to today's youth culture. In each generation, adults often mistake youthful unrest for an emotional right of passage. But history proves that rebelling teenagers aren't just claiming their independence, they're shaping the future.
Teenage is a Cinereach production.
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