Age 7 in America
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Biography
| Age 7 in America | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Documentary Biography |
| Directed by | Phil Joanou |
| Narrated by | Meryl Streep |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Michael Apted |
| Producer | Vicky Bippart |
| Cinematography | Peter Gilbert |
| Editor | Mona Davis |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company | Granada Television |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1991 |
Age 7 in America is a 1991 American documentary film produced by Michael Apted, co-produced by Vicky Bippart, directed by Phil Joanou,[1] and narrated by Meryl Streep.[2] It details the lives of 7-year-old Americans from across the continental United States, of varying social classes and ethnicities. Patterned after the Up series of the United Kingdom, further installments of the series were made, showing the children at age 14, and again at 21. These installments are titled 14 Up in America (1998, also directed by Joanou and produced by Vicky Bippart)[3][1] and 21 Up in America (2006, directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn and produced by Vicky Bippart).[4]
Age 7 in America won a Peabody Award in 1992.[5]
