Afterschool

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Afterschool is a 2008 independent drama film that follows a troubled prep-school student who inadvertently records his classmates’ fatal drug overdose, exploring themes of media, alienation, and voyeurism.

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instanceOf drama film
film
independent film
castMember Addison Timlin
Alexandra Neil
Emory Cohen
Ezra Miller
Gary Wilmes
Jeremy Allen White
Michael Stuhlbarg
Rosemarie DeWitt
cinematographyBy Jody Lee Lipes
countryOfOrigin United States
director Antonio Campos
distributor IFC Films
editedBy Antonio Campos
Lucas N. Smith
filmingStyle long takes
static camera
genre drama
independent film
hasSubject boarding school life
drug overdose
internet video
mainCharacter Robert
musicBy Gael Rakotondrabe
notableFor depiction of digital video culture in adolescence
originalLanguage English
partOf Borderline Films early filmography
plotSummary A troubled prep-school student inadvertently records his classmates’ fatal drug overdose and becomes increasingly detached as the school manages the tragedy and its image.
portrayedBy Ezra Miller
premiereEvent Cannes Film Festival
producer Josh Mond
Sean Durkin
productionCompany Borderline Films
releaseYear 2008
runtimeMinutes 107
screenwriter Antonio Campos
sectionOfFestival Un Certain Regard
setting prep school
theme adolescence
alienation
death
media
voyeurism
writer Antonio Campos

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Jody Lee Lipes notableWork Afterschool
Jody Lee Lipes cinematography Afterschool
Ezra Miller notableWork Afterschool
Rosemarie DeWitt notableWork Afterschool
Antonio Campos notableWork Afterschool
Antonio Campos directed Afterschool
Antonio Campos wrote Afterschool
BorderLine Films notableWork Afterschool
BorderLine Films producedFilm Afterschool