SETON GIRLS

A new friendship leads a Black high school newspaper editor to pen an article that attempts to expose the real power behind her prep school football team’s undefeated seasons.

Parker Adams wants to continue the Seton Academic High School football legacy started by his older brother, Cooper, to secure the team’s 13th undefeated season and take home a state championship. But the season unravels when a varsity player loses a flash drive with compromising information. On top of that, Parker’s girlfriend, Michelle Rodriguez, hears that he slept with her best friend, Britt MacDougal. Parker is looking to restore his image by having junior Alyson Jacobs, editor of The Seton Story, write a glowing piece about him. She and J Turner, her boyfriend and Seton’s junior varsity quarterback—who’s on track to become the school’s first Black quarterback—are bused in from a nearby town. Football is J’s ticket to a college scholarship, and he and Aly enjoy the perks of the town’s worship of the team. However, Aly idolizes the friendships of Britt, Michelle, Bianca Patel, and Kelly Donahue, a quartet of wealthy, glamorous girls, and she supports Britt when she accuses Parker of sexual misconduct. Aly’s and J’s backstories are limited, and their relationship feels underdeveloped; the focus is on their existence in connection to the elite Seton students as the racially diverse cast members explore the privileges conferred by gender and money.

A timely examination of consent, power, and who owns the rights to the truth.