

My So-Called High School Rank
2022-09-30 · 101 min · ★ 6.0
A deep dive into the lives of high school students in three radically disparate communities as they navigate the pressures around college while staging a musical, until seismic events upend their dreams and expectations.
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- Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern
- Production companies
- HBO Documentary Films, Break Thru Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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