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Is Eighth Grade the coming of age film for our time?

Bo Burnham's film Eighth Grade has just been released in the UK and explores the challenges of being a young teenager in the age of social media. Is it a coming of age film for our time? Jane speaks to film critic Rhianna Dhillon and university student Steph Campbell about the portrayal of the awkward female teenage experience - which has been written and directed by a man.

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4 minutes