This timely documentary directed by Jenny Gage and filmed by her partner Tom Betterton takes a look at the everyday concerns of seven middle-class girls from Brooklyn over a three-year period. While they may persistently talk about the difficulties of maintaining a friendship, the embarrassments of dating and hooking up with boys, and family problems, we sense that the real panic stems from their unspoken fears and insecurities about what is coming after high school: figuring out who they want to be, going to college or not, being in a relationship, and getting a job.

Lena M. and Ginger are best friends and yet they are always arguing. Lena is the responsible one with Ginger left to play the role of rebel and sexual explorer. After deciding not to go to college, Ginger earns the ire of her dad; she decides to visit Lena at Sarah Lawrence.

Sage, an African American and self-described feminist, attends a private school. She points out the importance of how you look in high school: "People want to see you, but they don't want to hear what you have to say." This holds true not only for these teenagers but their parents as well.

Other girls are seen talking to the camera or each other about their feelings. Dusty, Ginger's sister, doesn't understand her sister's moods. She has befriended freckled Delia who is caught up in the separations created by the various cliques at school. Olivia, a surfer, struggles with her attraction to women and her anxiety about coming out.

All This Panic vividly conveys the fears, failures, and follies of seven adolescent girls as they struggle to make the transition from high school into adulthood.