Try Harder!

Debbie Lum

Overview

Documentary filmmaker Debbie Lum weaves together diverse narratives and testimonies by over-achieving students enrolled at Lowell High School, one of California's highest-ranking schools for academic achievement. Anticipating their graduation, rising seniors discuss their journeys and duties as academically gifted students as the pressure of receiving acceptance letters to prestigious universities mounts, putting their fragile mental states in jeopardy. At the heart of the narrative stands a cohort of first-generation immigrants seeking to attend university and make their families proud. ~ Olivia Cantor

Product Details

Release Date:	12/28/2021
UPC:	0738329257101
Original Release:	2021
Rating:	NR
Source:	Greenwich
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Diana Salier

Composer

Technical Credits

Debbie Lum	Director,Producer
Nico Opper	Producer
Kathryn Everett	Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer	Executive Producer
Roberto Grande	Executive Producer
Tony Hsieh	Executive Producer
Naja Pham Lockwood	Executive Producer
Bryn Mooser	Executive Producer
Mimi Pham	Executive Producer
Jean Tsien	Executive Producer
Lois Vossen	Executive Producer
Lou Nakasako	Producer
Geralyn Dreyfous	Executive Producer