For the last five years I had been following Sidney Flanigan, who I met in western New York while producing an experimental film. She was a 14-year-old hanging out with a group of juggalos.

Flanigan earned the Best Actress Award from the New York Film Critics Circle; the movie, Flanigan, and Hittman are all up for Critics Choice and Independent Spirit Awards. Oscar nominations could ...

First-time actor Flanigan gives a commanding lead performance ... I couldn’t have found that level of openness in any other actor or actress.” ...