Fame High
As the title of the documentary suggests, we're getting an inside look at a Fame -like high school, this on the renowned Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). The film focuses on two incoming freshmen, Ruby (an actress) and Zak (a musician), and two outgoing seniors, Grace (a dancer) and Brittany (a musician and singer/songwriter). These kids are easy to relate to as we watch them go through the same struggles in the same circumstances we've either known personally or have heard tell of for years. there's the "Mama Rose" stage parents; the culture clash in which the children's passion for the arts flies in the face of her culture's view of success and what's honorable; the supportive parents who make sacrifices but only know how to do so much; and the teachers, some of whom help, some of whom seem to be a massive power trip, and everything in between. What's perhaps more interesting about Fame High, though, what separates it f...