FRONTRUNNERS: Q & A with NYC Councilwoman/Stuyvesant alum JESSICA LAPIN and film subject GEORGE ZISIADIS (Recorded October 17, 2008)

Summary: FRONTRUNNERS: WHAT DO TIM ROBBINS, THELONIOUS MONK, DREW NIEPORENT, Jerry Nadler, and Lucy Liu all have in common? They all graduated from Stuyvesant, the jewel in the crown of NYC’s high schools for gifted students. Not surprisingly, some of the nation’s smartest, most media-savvy teenagers run an election for class president with primaries, televised debates, newspaper endorsements and considerable schmoozing in the halls. Stuyvesant accepts 3% of the 25,000 kids who apply, and when just one is going to be class president, you can bet that tensions run high. This podcast is the Q & A with NYC Councilwoman/Stuyvesant alum JESSICA LAPIN and film subject GEORGE ZISIADIS, recorded October 17, 2008 during their appearance at a screening of the film at Film Forum.