Coming of Age
A Conversation with Indie Auteur Jim McKay
By Jennifer M. Wood
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/coming_of_age_2453/
With the release of 1996's Girls Town, writer/director Jim McKay showed that teen films can be political. Though he's returning to familiar territory with Our Song, he proves that similar subject matter can yield a completely original and compelling story.