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Originally produced for IFC, this four-part mini-series exploring sex in independent cinema features the stimulating insight of such acclaimed filmmakers and actors as Catherine Breilat, Heather Matarazzo, Atom Egoyan, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ally Sheedy. When it comes to cinema, few topics are more taboo than teen sex. While Elia Kazan was exploring the fragile topic as far back as his 1961 classic Splendor in the Grass, teen sexuality didn't really become a mainstream cinema subject matter until the 1980s - when they began to play an increasingly prominent role in adolescent sex education. With films like Kids and Thirteen pushing boundaries further than ever before, filmmaker Lisa Ades sets out to find out just how the filmmakers approach to this super-sensitive topic has changed over the years.