Cicadas
2000, NR, 93 min.
Directed by Kat Candler, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Brandon Howe, Lindsay Broockman, Bryan Chafin, Paul Conrad, Don Cass.

This locally made digital feature about the pain of the teenage years has won numerous awards, including the Audience Award at the 2000 Austin Film Festival. It will screen as a fundraiser for future T.W.I.S.T. programs. The organization is dedicated to promoting science and math education and career planning for girls and women. For more on T.W.I.S.T. see www.twistinc.org or www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-06-21/screens_feature3.html.

This article appears in February 23 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.