You Were My First Boyfriend – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

YOU WERE MY FIRST BOYFRIEND (SXSW2023) – Review by Diane Carson

March 20, 2023March 25, 2023 Diane Carson body image issues, Cecilia Aldarondo, documentaries, HBO documentary, Sarah Enid Hagey, sxsw2023, You Were My First Boyfriend

Introducing the world premiere of You Were My First Boyfriend at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, co-director/co-writer Cecilia Aldarondo said with a smile that she decided to attend her high school reunion so we would not have to. Going all in, co-director /co-writer Sarah Enid Hagey’s and Aldarondo’s hybrid documentary involves remembering and restaging events from Cecilia’s 1990s adolescence with a cast of teenage actors interacting with her now.