
Hillbilly Elegy(2020)
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.


“There's always someone watching…”
A prep-school student accidentally films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, then is asked to put together a memorial video.

Ezra Miller
Robert

Jeremy Allen White
Dave

Emory Cohen
Trevor

Michael Stuhlbarg
Mr. Burke

Rosemarie DeWitt
Miss Vogel

Addison Timlin
Amy

David Costabile
Mr. Anderson

Dariusz M. Uczkowski
Peter

Gary Wilmes
Mr. Virgil

Lee Wilkof
Mr. Wiseman
Afterschool is a drama film released in 2009 exploring themes of overdose, connecticut, preparatory school. Directed by Antonio Campos, it stars Ezra Miller, Jeremy Allen White, Emory Cohen. A prep-school student accidentally films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, then is asked to put together a memorial video.
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In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.

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Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.