The new documentary Teenage Wasteland revisits the 1996 Middletown High School students who uncovered toxic dumping at a local landfill. Emmy-winning filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine explore how a class project became an act of civic courage—and a lesson in the power of journalism and democracy.
Joan Vos MacDonald
Joan Vos MacDonald writes about an eclectic range of topics, which includes the creative mind, pop culture, Korean media, and the Hudson Valley.








