High School

High School

classified 12

part of Wiseman of the Month

Film

Please note: This was screened in Feb 2026

Director
Frederick Wiseman
Details
75 mins, Subtitled, 1968, USA
Primary language
English, Spanish, French

Filmed at a large urban high school in Philadelphia, Frederick Wiseman's High School documents how the school system exists not only to pass on ‘facts’ but also transmits social values from one generation to another. 

High School presents a series of formal and informal encounters between teachers, students, parents, and administrators through which the ideology and values of the school emerge.


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