CANADA · 1990

Pump Up the Volume

Allan Moyle
teenage rebellion underground media social outcasts censorship and free speech mental health crisis
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Synopsis

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

Year1990
CountryCanada
DirectorAllan Moyle
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