Sixteen to Life
In Sixteen to Life, the primary characters are two sixteen year old girls dealing with family and peer issues surrounding their love of punk rock music. Shelly is the daughter of a rock musician of local fame, she is pressured into playing the guitar as a way of connecting with her father. Amy is a straight-laced Pakistani girl drawn to the love of the music itself, fighting with her fiercely conservative step-father for her independence. The finale of the movie is a battle of the bands, where old friends reunite and Shelly's practical hope is to '"not suck, just this once."
The film features punk rock music, skateboarding, teenage angst, after-school jobs and dingy music clubs. The directors intention is to make a Sixteen Candles for the next generation, creating a piece that will appeal both to teenagers and nostalgic thirty-somethings.
Producer: Cigdem Slankard
Writer / Director: Mandy Sherwood