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Try Harder!

A Storyville documentary that follows students at San Francisco's Lowell High School as they navigate their way through the highly competitive US university application process.

The American college application process can be stressful at the best of times. For the super-smart, mostly Asian-American students at San Francisco’s Lowell High School, it’s emotionally draining. At Lowell, it’s cool to be a nerd – everyone is talented.

This Storyville documentary follows a group of students as they make their university applications, all of them under pressure to get a prized spot at one of the country’s most elite institutions. Try Harder! is a portrait of young adults in the most diverse American generation ever, navigating their way through a quintessential rite of passage.

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1 hour, 17 minutes

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Wed 16 Feb 2022 22:00
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