Premiering as the first showing at the festival is a new documentary that excites the centrist and boldly takes issue with identity politics. The Day I Had to Grow Up was shot mostly in New York and Washington D.C and it profiles six youth activists and events that shaped their political lives. Some of the notable activists include Violet Kopp, Jeremy Ornstein, and Saira Salyani.
The film, directed and created by Stefano Da Frè, conceptualizes understanding’ youth activism in modern political times. According to Da Frè, “This film explores the lives of five activists from different racial backgrounds, and genders, to confront each kids’ idealism with the structure of America’s reality.”
CBS Interview: “The Day I Had To Grow Up” Film by Stefano Da Frè & Laura Pellegrini
“Laura, my co-director, and I feel young people have been ignored by the political process for so long. You should watch this film to get a raw understanding of how young America is both feeling and thinking. Right now we’re in an unprecedented pendulum swing, a time to break the culture war stalemate of the Trump years and the youth activists are taking this time to step up to the plate. Politics never played this much of a role in the youth of America as it does now and this film offers a peek inside what is forming from the rubble of American culture.”
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