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Currently screening over at Pitchfork.tv is Ben Wolfinsohn’s 2005 film High School Record. It’s absolutely fantastic, far superior to and more genuine than this year’s ‘real’ teen documentary American Teen and a great companion piece to the Can’t Hardly Wait anniversary.

High School Record follows four awkward 17-year-olds as they struggle through their senior year. Like most high school students, they ride a continual wave of embarrassment: crappy after-school jobs, attempted sex in the science room, tinfoil shorts, guitar-strumming hippie teachers and brushes with the law. The only difference is that their moments of humiliation are all caught on tape — our gang of four are the subjects of a documentary shot by fellow classmates.

Featuring members of Mika Miko, Lavender Diamond, Minutemen, and No Age, who also provide music along with Dan Deacon.

It’s only online until the end of the week, so watch it quick over HERE.

High School Record – Trailer (NSFW)