Wanting to belong

Unemployment, single parents, the quick fix of alcohol and drugs, the buzz of joy-riding and shoplifting -- all of these could easily describe the problems of American teenagers, but this is Merthyr Tydfil, a grim town in one of Wales' south valleys.

These teenagers want to do something, be something before being swallowed up by a world uninterested in them.

Authentic, gripping, written in the language of the kids and their environment, Wanting to Belong is a Welsh Trainspotting for teenagers.