American High
Premiered: August 2nd, 2000
An Emmy award winning documentary series for Fox and PBS, that tracks the experiences of 14 seniors at Illinois' Highland Park High School throughout the 1999-2000 school year. Participants also chronicled their home lives through video diaries."The all-time best teen reality show -- and for my money, one of the best doc series of all time -- was the little-seen American High, which distinguished itself by not just having camera crews follow the subjects: The subjects themselves filmed the bulk of the footage. It only ran one season, which might be why its reputation is so pristine."
- MARGARET LYONS - Entertainment Weekly
in the press
4/22/2009
Andrew Leavitt - Ten Past Midnight
8/6/2001
Rage Against the Machine
Paul Bravmann - The Nation
8/7/2000
High School Confidential
Marc Peyser - Newsweek
8/2/2000
'High' A Yearbook to Treasure
Eric Mink - New York Daily News
7/30/2000
An Inside Look At How It Feels To Be a Teenager
Andy Meisler - New York Times