($24.99 DVD; Wolfe)
Writer/director Stephen Cone’s coming-of-age drama follows three teenage friends from a South Carolina Baptist church as they prepare to leave high school. A pastor’s daughter, Brea, is undergoing her first crisis of faith, while lanky wannabe filmmaker, Tim, attempts to get his friends and family on board with his budding homosexuality—which fundamentalist Laura just can’t wrap her head or Bible passages around. Emphatic and tender, The Wise Kids is a new, beautiful thing indeed.