Seventeen

The focus is on the students, a few in particular, and looks at their lives both in and out of school. Through this we get a surprisingly unfiltered look at not just their lives, but their school and their community. We see racial and social tensions, we see hopes and expectations and more than anything a picture of a time and place influenced, but in many ways separated from the greater world context that is hardly discussed. A wonderful portrait of the USA bursting with humanity warts and all.