White girl

Nearly 20 years later — and with the help of Kids' producer, Christine Vachon — director Elizabeth Wood has boldly followed in their footsteps to create White Girl, an unflinching depiction of what this adolescent nihilism looks like in a rapidly gentrifying New York City, and the ways in which it leads to sexual, economic, and institutional exploitation. The film's first trailer arrived today, and if early reactions are any indication, it may very well get its own pink flyer should it screen at the Angelika.

White Girl — which is also based on Wood and her friends' real life experiences — stars India Menuez, and Homeland's Morgan Saylor as roommates Katie and Leah. It traces the two weeks before the start of their sophomore year at NYU, in which time they move to Ridgewood, Queens. These characters are neither heroes nor even very sympathetic, but to many young New Yorkers, they will seem real. This film documents behavior that is by all accounts excessive, exploitative, and abusive — a challenging picture of contemporary youth — but the conversations it will inspire make it worth seeing

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