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Frontrunners had its world premiere here in Austin, TX at the SXSW film festival. It is a charming delightful film about several different students running for the Presidency of the Student Union at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. The film captures the young student leaders learning the art of politics at one of America's best high schools. Stuyvesant acts as a microcosm of all that is good and bad in American politics and education today.The film is both a picture of Stuyvesant High School and of the political world into which the students are growing up in. The film seems to reflect some of the archetypes of politics - change vs. experience - that are currently playing out in the US Presidential campaign. You also see apathy, punditry, political consulting play out in the microcosm of high school politics. The film is enhances by the idiosyncratic personalities of several of the students. The music also adds to the film. The viewer can't help being drawn in and wonder who will win and who will lose. The film is emotional, enjoyable, and educational.I hope that this film draws a wider audience. It might even be a useful film to show in high schools to teach students about the political process.
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