Stay the Same Never Change

Overview

Artist and director Laurel Nakadate takes us beyond the prepackaged and sanitized world of the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana to the true heartland of America and the tween-aged girls that inhabit it. In Kansas City, pop culture is something to be twisted and reshaped, relationships are either nonexistent or refabricated, and time is unstructured and teasing. At the heart of these girls' lives—and this innovative work of cinema—is a quest for understanding and a sense of place. The risks run and solutions posed engender both laughs and tears. The film's amateur actors and nonlinear narrative bring an unnerving, utterly human face to the challenges of young womanhood in a world that would prefer that girls watch the Disney Channel.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 16, 2009

Original language

English

Cast

Abby Bavley,Tate Buck,Paige Sanders,Emily Boullear,Matthew Faber,Mary Nichols,Cyan Meeks,Annie Montgomery,Julie Potratz,Marcia Trayford

Director

Laurel Nakadate

Writer

Laurel Nakadate

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1340616