Storyville · SEASON 26
Try Harder!
Episode 4 · 2022-02-16
- Documentary
Episode overview
The American college application process can be stressful at the best of times. For the super-smart, mostly Asian-American students at San Francisco’s Lowell High School, it’s emotionally draining. At Lowell, it’s cool to be a nerd – everyone is talented. This Storyville documentary follows a group of students as they make their university applications, all of them under pressure to get a prized spot at one of the country’s most elite institutions. Try Harder! is a portrait of young adults in the most diverse American generation ever, navigating their way through a quintessential rite of passage.
85 minutes
Season 26 episodes
1. Final Account2022-01-26
2. Misha and the Wolves2022-02-02
3. President2022-02-09
4. Try Harder!2022-02-16
5. Tango with Putin2022-03-02
6. Writing with Fire2022-03-09
7. The Distant Barking of Dogs2022-03-23
8. The Earth Is Blue as an Orange2022-03-30
9. The Truffle Hunters2022-04-06
10. Navalny2022-04-25
11. Your Mum and Dad: A Devastating Truth2022-05-10
12. Into My Name2022-06-21
13. Citizen Ashe2022-06-28
14. On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)2022-07-05
15. Gorbachev. Heaven2022-08-31
16. One Day in Ukraine2022-09-20
17. And Still I Sing2022-09-27
18. Midwives2022-10-04
19. Beneath the Surface2022-10-11
20. The Fire Within2022-10-18
21. A House Made of Splinters2022-11-08
22. A Bunch of Amateurs2022-12-13
