Plot Synopsis

From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, EDGE OF EIGHTEEN is a six-part series that chronicles the lives of 15 high school seniors from across America, who filmed themselves and the world around them, creating a profile of the education system and their personal lives. Each 60-minute episode profiles three young adults, including: Brandon McCauley of Lebanon, Ohio, who runs a lunchtime bible study program where he actively recruits students to participate; Hanoy Urtarte, a popular and successful student at his public high school in Paterson, New Jersey, who came out three years ago to his conservative, Dominican father; Angela Lee, a talented young dancer and brilliant student, who is already dancing at a pre-professional level in Lubbock, Texas but still affected with past body image issues; and many more students on the brink of adulthood. EDGE OF EIGHTEEN premiered on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at 9pm ET/6pm PT on Al Jazeera America.