Teenage

Teenage is educational...

...this blend of archive footage and canny recreation chronicles the emergence of the adolescent as a transatlantic social force in the first half of the 20th century.

...this fascinating study leads us through the personal and political stories of Jitterbugs, Boy Scouts, Bright Young Things and Hitler Youths.

Wolf's reliance on archival material is a refreshing alternative to the too-common use of talking heads in documentary filmmaking.

Wolf...reveals himself to be a gifted and intuitive filmmaker, able to make academic connections that are still true to the depth of feeling attached to teenagedom...