High School—Wisemania Film Series

HIGH SCHOOL (Frederick Wiseman, 1968, 16mm, 75 mins)
Structured as a typical day at Philadelphia’s Northeast High School, Wiseman’s second film is “savagely comic” (David Denby) as it excoriates the conformity enforced through public education in the era. (“I didn’t mean to be individualistic,” one student apologizes.) This observational exploration of a clash between generations struggling for control is “filthy with the kind of revealing behavior a documentarian can only hope and pray to capture on camera” (A.A. Dowd). 16mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

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“Wisemania” is a multi-year exploration of the works of documentarian Frederick Wiseman.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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• Next month, 21st September, 02:00 pm, The Freshman with live musical accompaniment—Cinemix Film Series in New Haven
• This October, 5th October, 02:00 pm, Canal Zone—Wisemania Film Series in New Haven
• This October, 10th October, 07:00 pm, Talk to Her—Treasures from the Yale Film Archive in New Haven

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