Understanding Others (1959)

Directed by

Herk Harvey

Genre

drama

Country

United States of America

Runtime

12 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

High school students in a press club silently judge each other by looks and social status while waiting for a new editor to be named. The film argues that people should be judged by their real skills and character, not by money or popularity.

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