Teens say the darndest things. At least they do when they've got a camera to talk into, and know their confessions may make it onto national television. Such is the case with the subjects/creators of Chain Camera, a documentary that consists of footage shot chain-letter style by 16 teens from L.A.'s John Marshall High (Sunnydale!). They talk about everything from racism to revolution, alcoholism to oral sex. But are they just acting out for the camera? Certainly there are performative elements, but, in the end, Chain Camera isn't so much an expose of teen life as a diaristic performance piece starring 16 media savvy writer-actors. But the realness seeps out between the jokes and the bravado, and the film is all the truer for it. (JS)

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