Age 13 (film)

Age 13 is an educational film by Sid Davis released in 1955. It is property of the public domain. The film centers around Andrew, a thirteen-year-old boy stricken with grief over the recent death of his mother.
Musician Kevin Moore selected this film as inspiration for the Chroma Key album Graveyard Mountain Home. The film is included on DVD in a special edition of the album, playing at half speed and featuring the album's music soundtrack as opposed to the original.

A troubled young teenager has trouble dealing with the death of his mother and his ill treatment by his stepfather.
Director: Arthur Swerdloff
Writer: Arthur Swerdloff
Stars: Michael Keslin

This is one of the stranger educational shorts. Rather poor in most technical departments, it does manage to succeed surprisingly well in presenting its intended message. Deeply depressing, sometimes borderline surreal, AGE 13 exists in a grey area between underfunded filmtrash and visceral outsider art, miles away from the world of run-of-the-mill educational filmreels.