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American teenagers - the truth is bared

Hollywood has long been trading in the images of stereotypical young Americans, and this is a lucrative business – but are typical movie high schools really based on typical American high schools. In order to find out, North Hollywood High observes a group of high school students as they cope with key events in their social calender: cheerleader and football try-outs, a talent show, a gay assembly, the prom and then on to graduation. The school and its routine is the arena in which roles are played out and boundaries are tested. North Hollywood High is a culturally mixed school, which means that students must juggle conforming to the social norms every high school breeds with their religious and cultural beliefs. Just how easy is it to be a teenager in an American high school?

Programme Information

  • Genre: Factual

  • Subgenre: Science

  • Producers: GRANADA MEDIA GROUP

  • Broadcaster: n/a

  • Duration: 13 x 26'

  • Tags: Kids Children

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