NY Theatrical Premiere

Sat Nov 4, 4:30pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated byJudith Helfand, Filmmaker and Co-Founder, Chicken and Egg Pictures

Sat Nov 4, 7pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated by Noah Michelson, Huffington Post

Sun Nov 5, 4:30pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey and moderated by Leah Giblin

Sun Nov 5, 7pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated by Marcia Smith, President, Firelight Media

Wed Nov 8, 7pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated by Farihah Zaman

What if you could rewrite your adolescence? In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo embarks on a fantastical quest to reconcile her tortured teen years. She ‘goes back' in more ways than one, tracking down old foes and friends alike, and re-staging her most primal humiliations while casting herself as a teenager.

In a cathartic, time-bending process of letting go, Cecilia is forced to confront the flawed memories she's held onto for years. Oscillating between present and past, hallucination and reality, You Were My First Boyfriend is a hybrid documentary that explores the power of adolescent fantasy, the subtle violence of cultural assimilation, and the funhouse mirror of time's passage. Perhaps we will all learn something about growing older and making peace with the things that haunt us.