Youth

Dallas, Texas. Seventeen-year-old Stella has been having a rough time lately. Someone posted a video online tallying up how at least one juicy scandal breaks at her dad’s school every month. Stella takes stock: The first one was something she and her best friend did together. No, actually, her friend invited her into it. The third one was leaked by her friend behind her back. Stella ended their friendship over it. As for the fourth, her former friend said she wasn’t the one who leaked it. Stella realizes someone has a whole pile of scandals lined up and scheduled. There’s a fifth one coming, then a sixth... Stella decides to stop caring. She doesn’t care about those scandals. Along the trail of revelations, she meets someone. That person tells her: You’re not fighting alone. I’m a weirdo too. Dedicated to those who go unseen, unacknowledged, and unloved. Looking back on the financial tsunami of 2008. In memory of the economic crisis coming in 2027. America on Side A, life on Side B. Theme: A life where no one understands you, no one remembers you, and you have no choice but to let it go.