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Beyond the labels of "Generation X" and "Generation Y," the feature documentary film ReGeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic approach to social and political causes. Focused on how today's education, parenting, and media can shape us, the film follows three separate walks of life representing today's generation. Each brings their own unique perspective - from an inspired collective of musicians working outside the corporate system, to a twenty-something conservative family about to welcome the birth of their second child, and a group of five high-school students from the suburbs looking for their place in society. Their stories are interspersed with the knowledge, wisdom, and personal reflections of some of the country's leading scholars, social activists, and media personalities, including Andrew Bacevich, Noam Chomsky, Talib Kweli, and the late Howard Zinn, among others. Within the film, the discussion of apathy found in today's generation leads to exploration of technology, our disconnection with nature, how much we consume, our loss of history, and the economic factors holding many of us back from becoming more active participants in our communities. With such a varied and intelligent group of interviews, we come to a deeper understanding of the numerous influences shaping today's culture where one universal feeling is shared - our society is at a crossroads, economically, environmentally, and intellectually - and we must change ourselves and the world for the better. REGENERATION IS THE STORY OF TODAY'S GENERATION ... IT IS THE STORY OF US. -- (C) Official Site
Rating
PG-13
Director
Phillip Montgomery
Studio
Engine 7 Films
Writer
Phillip Montgomery
- If there are any must-see documentaries out there now, this gem is one of them. Somehow this movie has gone completely unnoticed. However, it addresses the apathy of a new ADD generation as a relevant problem. This movie blew me away with its frightening observations.Reply
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- Could certainly use some honing of intent and argument, but it still paints a commingled ghastly and hopeful portrait of early 21st century America, and is not a picture from which you can readily look away.Reply
- While ReGeneration may not be able to offer any specific help, it does leave off on a positive note, saying that change is possible -- and attainable -- if people simply do something, even something small.Reply
- America's current ethical vacuum: How did we get this way? Why did the hippies think they'd change the world? And why are today's youths mainly relegating their lesser Utopian fantasies to those realizable with daddy's credit card?Reply