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Perhaps she’s not a television legend, but actress Soleil Moon Frye certainly made her mark on the industry in the 1980s, playing the titular role in the sitcom “Punky Brewster.” She became a pop culture sensation while still a child, with Hollywood happy to send her through the ringer of fame, working to transform the girl into an icon. The dream wasn’t realized, with the brutality of maturation pushing Frye out of the “cute kid” universe and into the danger zone of unemployment, suddenly faced with teen years that exposed her to the cruelties of media coverage and fair-weather friends. For reasons even she doesn’t fully understand, Frye spent her adolescent years documenting her every move, using a video camera, diaries, and voicemails to provide a “chronological blueprint” of her experience around town, surrounded by other actors struggling with the same issues of obsolescence. After decades in deep storage, Frye is ready to confront the evidence, directing “Kid 90,” putting the pieces of her youth back together with an unusual documentary. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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