Whistling in the Dark

Filmmaker Matt Wolf and I chat about his latest documentary – the story of Eloise illustrator Hilary Knight executive produced by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner for HBO - and last year’s dazzling Teenage which details the history of youth subcultures (produced by Jason Shwartzmann and legendary punk writer Jon Savage), how his formative years as a disenfranchised, gay political activist in silicon valley lead him to a career in filmmaking, and a joint, in-depth pondering of where the hell all the teenage rebellion went.