Dear Thirteen (2022)

A nuanced portrait of a new generation Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in todays world Through the eyes of nine thirteenyearolds we see how pressing social geographical and political challenges are shaping and being shaped by young people rising antiSemitism in Europe guns in America gender identity and racial divisions across Australia and Asia With no adult commentary outside the filmmaker Dear Thirteen offers an intimate view into the universal uncertainty inherent in growing up