Frontrunners

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Frederick Wiseman’s HIGH SCHOOL meets Alexander Payne’s ELECTION in this charming 2008 documentary about an especially intense student election at New York City's’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School. Will brainy geek George best cheerleading captain Hannah? Or will popularity trump ideas? Filmed the year prior to President Obama’s historic election, FRONTRUNNERS brilliantly illustrates the way political campaigns share much in common, regardless of scale.

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Release Date:	Oct 15, 2008
Running Time:	80 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

synopsis

FRONTRUNNERS is a smart and funny political documentary that follows the student council presidential campaign at one of the country's most prestigious public high schools. An entertaining and symbolic campaign film, put forth in the classic vérité style, we follow four charming and idiosyncratic candidates as they navigate an electoral process that is said to be one of the most competitive at the high school level.