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1991 American documentary film
Age 7 in America Genre Documentary Biography Directed by
Phil Joanou Narrated by
Meryl Streep Country of origin United States Original language English Executive producer
Michael Apted Producer Vicky Bippart Cinematography Peter Gilbert Editor Mona Davis Running time 120 minutes Production company
Granada Television Release 1991 (1991 )
Age 7 in America is a 1991 American
documentary film produced by
Michael Apted , co-produced by Vicky Bippart, directed by
Phil Joanou ,
[1] and narrated by
Meryl Streep .
[2] It details the lives of 7-year-old Americans from across the
continental United States , of varying social classes and ethnicities. Patterned after the
Up series of the
United Kingdom , further installments of the series were made, showing the children at age 14, and again at 21. These installments are titled
14 Up in America (1998, also directed by Joanou and produced by Vicky Bippart)
[3]
[1] and
21 Up in America (2006, directed by
Christopher Dillon Quinn and produced by Vicky Bippart).
[4]
Age 7 in America won a Peabody Award in 1992.
[5]
The Children
Luis lives in
New York City 's Lower East Side. He lives in a homeless shelter.
Lucy, Alexis, and Kate are affluent and white, living in
New York City 's Upper East Side and attending the prestigious
Nightingale-Bamford School .
Ashtyn is white and lives in a middle-class
suburban neighborhood in
Lincoln, Nebraska .
LeRoy lives in an apartment building (part of the
Robert Taylor housing project ) in the
South Side of Chicago . He is
African American .
Kennisha is LeRoy's classmate and has lived in the housing project for the first part of her life but moved away later. She is also African American.
Douglas, Vicky, and Mike live in a traditionally working-class, Polish community in Chicago. They are white and attend a private Catholic school.
Eric lives in a wealthy Chicago suburb. He is white, and an only child.
Brandon, a friend and classmate of Eric, also lives in a wealthy suburb. They go to a prep school on the
University of Chicago 's campus. Brandon is also white. (citation needed as Brandon refers to himself as descended from people who had been enslaved in the United States)
Joey lives in rural Georgia and is a white
Jehovah's Witness .
Edie also lives in rural Georgia, and is African American.
Salina lives in
Los Angeles , and is the daughter of Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants.
Julio came to Los Angeles from
El Salvador and lives in a Spanish-speaking household.
Michael lives in a beachside community of Los Angeles, descended from Japanese immigrants.
References
^
a
b Collins, Glenn (June 26, 1998).
"After Seven Years, They're Teens Now" .
Sun-Sentinel . Retrieved September 4, 2021 .
^ Kucharewicz, Carole (September 4, 1992).
"Age Seven in America" .
Variety . Retrieved September 4, 2021 .
^ Hanson, Peter (2002). The Cinema of Generation X: A Critical Study of Films and Directors .
McFarland pg. 184.
ISBN
978-0-7864-1334-8 .
^
"Year Four at SilverDocs: Gore, Scorsese, Jarmusch, Premieres, and More" .
IndieWire . June 22, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2021 .
^
"Peabody Award profile" . Peabody Awards .
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