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In 1971 at the world premiere of Death in Venice in London, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed Björn Andrésen, the teen star of his latest film, "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD.” This is the story of a boy who was thrust to international stardom for his iconic looks and lived a life of glamour. 50 years later, Björn looks back.
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The Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana is shaken to its core by a teen suicide epidemic that claims 22 Native lives in a single year – including two high school basketball team members. FOR WALTER AND JOSIAH follows the team during their season as the surviving members play to honor their fallen brothers and uplift their community.
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Faced with the responsibility to take care of her veteran father, headstrong teen Mickey Peck does what she can to keep her household afloat. When she receives the opportunity to leave her home for good, she must make the impossible decision between familial obligation and personal fulfillment. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**.
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With little money and few clues, teen villager Yun Xu travels to the city of Zigong to find his father, who abandoned the family six years earlier. As a flood forces mass evacuations, Yun Xu turns to friendly strangers for help in his search. With his poor family facing relocation by the government, the angry Yun Xu is determined to find out whether rumors of his father having newfound wealth are true.
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An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Michael O'Shea's debut feature THE TRANSFIGURATION follows troubled teen Milo who hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo's dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality. A chilling portrait of violence, THE TRANSFIGURATION is an atmospheric thriller set against the grit of New...
68) As Good as Dead
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Bryant befriends a troubled teen and introduces him to martial arts. As Bryant's mysterious and dangerous past catches up to him, he is forced into a life and death struggle to clear his name.
69) A Cowgirl's Song
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Teen sisters stay with their retired country music star grandma when their father is jailed for a crime he didn't commit. The girls convince their grandma to come out of retirement and play a concert to raise money for their dad's defense.
70) Scary Stories
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Explore the history of one of the most controversial works of modern children’s literature: The best selling teen classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which scared a generation of readers and became one of the most banned books of modern times.
71) Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive: Episode 16,Promoting Persistence and Self-Esteem
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Children are born with tremendous optimism and an impressive ability to bounce back from failures. But this optimism typically drops throughout childhood and into the teen years. Grasp the developmental processes associated with these changes and learn ways parents can help kids stay positive, most notably by promoting a good attributional style.
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A group of gay and lesbian teen characters addresses the camera directly in this pseudo-documentary about the travails of queer adolescence in early-'90s Los Angeles. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival** and the **New York Film Festival**. **Warning**: This film contains graphic sexual content and may be upsetting and/or offensive to some viewers.
73) Sunset Strip
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Home to the biggest sounds & cultural movements, experience the Strip in the 1920’s with Prohibition through the Mafia Wars, Teen Riots, Punk, Heavy Metal, Hip Hop and Grunge to today’s resurgence. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**.
74) Addicted Teens
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Addicted Teens is a documentary series that takes an in-depth look at teen addiction. It provides a personal connection with addicts, abusers, families and those in recovery and talks about the risks of trying drugs, an honest look inside substance abuse and the steps towards recovery. Teens and real experts (recovering addicts) discuss their experiences with drug addiction and ex-addicts provide views of their daily battle with addictive behavior...
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Discover the ancient civilizations that thrived in the Americas thousands of years before European settlers arrived. This program is the perfect supplement to any American history curriculum. Improve the self-esteem of students with Central or South American ancestry, while raising the overall level of historical understanding in teen viewers. Learn where the Mayas & Aztecs eventually came to settle and the lasting impact of the Inca on the European...
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18-year-old Xavier Raddysh knew at an early age that he was not a girl. By the time he was a teen it was painful being treated as a girl. He began “cutting” and eventually attempted suicide, twice. Today he describes himself as a role model for other trans people; speaking to students so trans people know they can get through it and others can be more understanding.
78) Honeytrap
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Girlhood and gang culture collide in HONEYTRAP as 15-year old Layla (Jessica Sula - Skins, ABC Family's Recovery Road) contends with bullying at a new school by transforming herself inside and out. The teen's compulsive journey for love and acceptance soon becomes fatal in this cautionary tale based on headline news adapted by writer/director Rebecca Johnson. HONEYTRAP held its world premiere screening at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival and is...
79) M.I. High: S1
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The old school spies have had their day as a new threat looms over the 21st century in this action-packed children's adventure. Luckily, there's a new kind of skilled undercover agent, hidden in a place where no villain would think to look. This is Saint Hope, an inner city school concealing a crack team of teen experts working for the British government. They must use all their gadgetry and guile to prevent the Super Kriminal Underworld League (SKUL)...
80) To the Stars
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In a small town in 1960s Oklahoma, bespectacled and reclusive teen Iris endures the booze-induced antics of her mother and daily doses of bullying from her classmates. She finds solace in Maggie, the charismatic and enigmatic new girl at school, who hones in on Iris’s untapped potential and coaxes her out of her shell. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
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