James Houston
Director


Every day in America 10,000 teenagers catch a sexually transmitted disease, 2,400 young girls get pregnant and 55 young people are infected with HIV. LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX takes a revealing look at how American attitudes toward adolescent sexuality impact today's teenagers. Director James Houston takes us on a journey to examine trends in American society as personified by a cast of diverse characters. At a high school for pregnant teens in Los Angeles, young girls are contemplating teen parenthood. In Washington, D.C., where HIV infection rates rival several African countries, community outreach workers are trying to save lives. The film also travels to the Netherlands, where Houston compares European attitudes with those in America, then concludes in Oregon, where the lessons learned in Western Europe are helping to create practical solutions. Real parents and youth, compelling statistics, animation and archival material all combine to paint an urgent picture of American youth in crisis, one that not enough people are talking about.
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James Houston
Director

Chris Cuomo
Self - ABC News Correspondent

Jon Stewart
Self - The Daily Show
James Barnwell
Self - Pastor
Shelagh Johnson
Self - Cascade AIDS Project
John Santelli
Self - Columbia University School of Public Health
Hubert Williams
Self - Pastor
Greg Flint
Self - First Congregational Church, Eugene, OR
Ebony Johnson
Self - Prevention outreach worker
Bristol Palin
Self
Irwin Royster
Self - Community outreach director
Brad Victor
Self - Oregon Department of Education
James Houston
Self - Host
Morley Hegstrom
Self - Principal, Roosevelt Middle School
Deborah Roffman
Self - Sexuality & Family Life Educator
Ginger Stemnock
Self - Teacher
Lisa Sylvester
Self - Reporter, ABC News, Washington, D.C.