One of the bigger buzzmakers at the Sundance Film Festival this year was American Teen, a documentary that followed a group of 17-year-old high school students in Indiana completing their senior years. Unlike most of the faux-reality productions you see on TV, director Nanette Burstein shows the unpolished truth of what life is really like for kids these days on the cusp of adulthood in the Midwest.
Get to know the stars of American Teen with these interview clips, and find out why audiences absolutely loved this film.
Watch the trailer for American Teen.
Meet Megan, under pressure to get into Notre Dame
Meet Hannah, who wants to get the heck out of Indiana
Meet Colin, who dreams of a basketball scholarship
Meet Jake, who has trouble with the girls
Meet Mitch, who talks of the different social circles
