The defining high school years have been the subject of fiction films for decades now, over the years perfecting the templates of teenagers that roam the halls: the jock, the weirdo, the geek, and the popular girl. NY-based documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein decided to find those kids and bring their real personalities, quirks and backgrounds to the screen in American Teen.
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