XS Stress: Teens Take Control

XS Stress: Teens Take Control

XS Stress: Teens Take Control
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In this short film, three youths draw on their own experiences to provide an essential guide to staying afloat while navigating the choppy waters of adolescence. It's a time when youth undergo big changes and assume new responsibilities, juggling school, family and friends. Throw in work, dating, exams, racist remarks and extracurricular activities, and it's no wonder teens get knocked off balance. Spoken word performer Kyra Shaughnessy and a diverse chorus of young voices provide running commentary, making XS Stress an insightful report from the teens of today.

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XS Stress: Teens Take Control, Patricia Kearns, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • participation
    Kira Gauthier
    Jarrel John
    Sarah Reed
    Kyra Shaughnessy
  • writer
    Patricia Kearns
  • director
    Patricia Kearns
  • producer
    Tamara Lynch
  • director of photography
    Philippe Amiguet
    Alexandre Bussière
  • sound recordist
    Raymond Marcoux
    Craig Lapp
  • editor
    Marlene Millar
    Dexter X
  • art director
    Robin A. Paterson
  • production manager
    Alison Burns
  • production assistant
    Joanne O'Neill
    Mike Bellingham
    Vicky Kearns
    Khoba Sysavane
    Nicolas Girard
  • camera assistant
    Yvan Gekoff
  • camera intern
    Ryan De Souza
  • gaffer
    Claude Pothier
    Martin Beaudry
  • assistant art director
    Jonas Veroff Bouchard
  • scenic technician
    Saturnin Goyer
  • stills photography
    Alison Burns
    Eisha Marjara
  • assistant editor
    Dexter X
  • original music composer
    Janet Lumb
    Dino Giancola
  • performer
    Kyra Shaughnessy
  • additional photography
    Philippe Amiguet
  • key grip
    David Dollé
  • sound editor
    Don Ayer
  • sound re-recording
    Luc Léger
  • online editor
    Sylvain Desbiens
    Denis Gathelier
  • digital editing technician
    Ochelle Greenidge
    Martine Forget
    Phyllis Lewis
    Danielle Raymond
    Chaz Oliver
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • marketing manager
    Moira Keigher
  • post-production coordination
    Claude Cardinal
  • studio clerk
    Christine Williams
  • studio administrator
    Marie Tonto-Donati
    Nickie Merulla
  • executive producer
    Sally Bochner
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  • OJKGreezy

    Beautiful humbling film. Gives a true voice to teens (who are usually spoken for). They understand more than society gives them credit for and many of their pains are born out of society's strictest rules and expectations. Let this film be a lesson to the media and those forces that if we have any hopes of true healing, it must start with the youth. It remains the responsibility of the older generations to create those avenues in which the children can heal. We must begin before it's too late.

    OJKGreezy, 2 Feb 2019
  • AmethystxxxxO

    This film was moving. It truly captured some important struggles that teens deal with. Examples being stress, peer pressure and phobias. It also showed you how to deal with them

    AmethystxxxxO, 15 Dec 2014

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