5 Sep 2018

What became of the hopes and dreams of four Kiwi teenagers?

From Afternoons, 1:19 pm on 5 September 2018
Photographer and film-maker Jessie Casson

Photographer and film-maker Jessie Casson Photo: Supplied

15 years ago Jessie Casson and her newlywed husband landed in New Zealand as part of their around-the-world honeymoon.

For a personal project, Jessie found four local teenagers, photographed them, and asked them about their hopes, their dreams, and their perceptions of the world around them.

15 years later, she's re-visited all her subjects to catch up - and immortalised the before and after in a new documentary, What Becomes of Me, which will be released on The Wireless today.

Jessie joins us to talk about the film, her subjects, and the idealism of youth versus the reality of growing up.