Let’s watch “TEENAGE WASTELAND” (Nytimes Critic’s Pic) @ Facets!
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Please read through! High school journalists who put their professional counterparts to shame; environmental advocates who push back on polluters; an oddball teacher who leaves an enduring mark on his pupils: TEENAGE WASTELAND has them all. This crowd-pleasing documentary, directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss caters to multiple niches of moviegoer who enjoy rooting for the underdog. Even archivally minded cinephiles — the kind who get nostalgia pangs from watching long-shelved VHS tapes played anew — will find an itch scratched.
Titled “Middletown” when it showed at festivals earlier this year, the movie memorializes the work done by a group of teenagers and their faculty adviser around Middletown, N.Y. In 1991, for a high school elective called Electronic English, they started a video project that ended up breaking real news and stretching throughout the decade, over multiple cohorts of students.
**YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKET HERE: https://facets.org/programs/teenage-wasteland/**
THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW HERE: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/movies/teenage-wasteland-review.html
I WILL HAVE DINNER AT “VEGAN PLATE” AT 7pm. THE RESTAURANT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM FACETS. IF YOU WISH TO JOIN ME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW HERE.
IF WE DON’T SEE EACH OTHER AT THE RESTAURANT, WE’LL MEET IN THE LOBBY OF FACETS AT 8.15pm.
WE’LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE IN THE FACETS LOUNGE WITH A DRINK AFTER THE SHOW.