Fame High

The documentary follows a single school year at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. The school teaches the arts, and its students work in dance, music and theatre. The film opens with the auditions at the start of the year. It then goes into the classes and reaches as far as the students’ homes. Competition among them, the setbacks and the individual successes are all part of the account. Families are part of the process too. It closes with the performances at the end of the year. Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s American documentary, a hundred and one minutes long, was completed in 2012.