Movies On The Radio: Teen Movies

By Laura Lee,

Published April 2, 2015 at 11:32 AM EDT

The movie Boyhood took home multiple awards this year. The film made a big splash because it was filmed over 12 years. But the theme is one that has dominated the silver screen for decades: adolescence. From the brooding Jim Stark in Rebel Without A Cause to a frustrated Carmen in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the trials and tribulations of youth create vibrant material for Hollywood. Host Frank Stasio talks with film experts Laura Boyes, film curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art, and Marsha Gordon, film professor at North Carolina State University, and they listen to listener favorites.

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Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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