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Eighth Grade


Directed by: Bo Burnham


2018 | USA | 94 minutes



Screening

Friday, October 19, 2018, 7pm

Matinee

Saturday, October 20, 2018, 3pm

Screening

Saturday, October 20, 2018, 7pm



Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school—the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year—before she begins high school. 


"What most stunned me about 'Eighth Grade' was how well directed it is. It's rare that teen movies have the kind of visual acuity and verve that Burnham achieves here." - David Sims, The Atlantic


"Writer-director Bo Burnham, in his feature debut, skillfully intertwines the timeless aspects of adolescent humiliation and the very particular ways in which today's tech has changed them." - Sara Stewart, New York Post

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