High School (1968)
- Directed by
- Frederick Wiseman
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 73 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows students and faculty at a Pennsylvania high school during the late 1960s. It shows a typical day of classes, hallways, and interactions without narration or interviews.
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What happens
High School is a 1968 American documentary film by Frederick Wiseman that shows a typical day for students and faculty at a Pennsylvanian high school during the late 1960s. It is one of the first direct cinema (or cinéma vérité) documentaries. It was shot over five weeks between March and April 1968 at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film was not shown in Philadelphia at the time of its release, because of Wiseman's concerns over what he called "vague talk" of a lawsuit. The film was released in November 1968. High School has aired on PBS. Wiseman distributes his work (DVDs and 16mm prints) through Zipporah Films, which rents them to high schools, colleges, and libraries on a five-year long-term lease. High School was selected in 1991 for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1994, Wiseman released High School II, a second documentary on high school, based on Central Park East Secondary School in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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