Race and Romance at Seventeen
In the early '80s, long before reality TV, directors Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines captured this raw and intimate documentary portrait of teens in Muncie, Indiana. The depiction of interracial romance and rebellion proved too hot to handle for PBS; they refused to broadcast it. Now new audiences can discover it on DVD and download. — Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen For more information, click here to visit the film web page.
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In the early '80s, long before reality TV, directors Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines captured this raw and intimate documentary portrait of teens in Muncie, Indiana. The depiction of interracial romance and rebellion proved too hot to handle for PBS; they refused to broadcast it. Now new audiences can discover it on DVD and download.
— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen
For more information, click here to visit the film web page.