DEGRASSI: The Next Generation, a dramatic sequel from the producer of the award-winning Degrassi series of the 1980s-- Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High. Degrassi: The Next Generation continues the core spirit of the previous Degrassi series. It tells its youthful viewers: you are not alone. It talks directly to its young audience, exploring their dilemmas from their point of view. It’s a brave new world as Degrassi:...

Engrossing and powerful, Academy Award® nominee COLORS STRAIGHT UP offers a penetrating look at the intimate lives of teenagers from South Los Angeles who strive for self-expression through acting, music and dance. The film tracks six teens as they struggle to avoid violence and danger on the streets and make a better life for themselves and their families. They discover their talents through Colors United, a performing arts group for vulnerable...

This very unconventional coming-of-age tale is an intoxicating blend of fantasy and cold reality as it follows shy teenager's perilous period when exciting but troubling sexuality enters into his formerly innocent world. Seventeen-year-old high-schooler Pol has stubbornly extended his childhood, aided in no small measure by his opinionated, drums-playing, English-speaking pet teddy bear Deerhoof. But when he meets alluring new student Ikari, the safety...

Set in Sydney's western suburbs, year 10 student Steve Carson (Rod Zuanic) is a fifteen year old conman and always in trouble, whether it's stealing eggs from a farm with his mate Moose (Chris Truswell) or selling dope for his older brother. Abandoned by his mother and left in the care of his alcoholic, unemployed father Steve's older brother is an overbearing bad influence, further pushing him into street crime. He meets Redback (Steve Bisley), an...

Over the course of a summer, two teenage girls develop the perfect kindred spirit friendship, with one problem: one of them is dating the other’s ex.

A short documentary that explores the lives of the children of Arab immigrants as they navigate life in their tight-knit community and life in mainstream society. It explains the realizations that they come to, the conflicts that they encounter, and the resolutions that they arrive at in searching for an identity between the hyphens.

Knowledge is the key to keeping teens safe with friends, dates, strangers, and others. This program uses realistic scenarios and interviews to: --give information about date rape drugs and how they work; --demonstrate six strategies to prevent date rape; --illustrate the common warning signs of an unhealthy relationship; --introduce/reinforce the concept of “inappropriate touch”; and --provide teens with resources if abuse or occurring at...

Two years ago, world-famous dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch selected 40 teenagers who had never heard her name to be part of her dance piece Contact Zone. For 10 months through opening night, the young dancers discover Bausch's genius and their own bodies. Pina Bausch died in 2009; a sensation at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival, Dancing Dreams is a testament to Bausch's revolutionary work.

When a teenage girl starts offering sexual favors as a way to gain popularity in her new school, the line of consent begins to blur in this raw and realistic look at teen sexuality.

This **Emmy**-winning documentary follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work to complete their education while facing the trauma of being alone and abandoned at an early age. Through haunting images, intimate scenes, and first-person narratives, these teens take...