Unfortunately, it's a film I've never seen, so I can't offer any useful commentary here; and thus this announcement of its home video release is good news, as I'll be able to finally check it out. The details follow... -- Icarus Films is proud to announce the release of Seventeen on home video on August 18, 2015! Before Hoop Dreams, there was Seventeen. Too controversial for PBS, which refused to broadcast it, this final film in the famous Middletown series went on to win the first Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines and produced by Academy Award winner Peter Davis (Hearts & Minds), Seventeen...
- 6/24/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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