High School

<b>Book tickets for two or more of our <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/cinema-expanded-the-films-of-frederick-wiseman">Frederick Wiseman</a> films to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.</b> <i>High School</i> was filmed at a large urban high school in Philadelphia. The film documents how the school system exists not only to pass on ‘facts’ but also transmits social values from one generation to another. <i>High School</i> presents a series of formal and informal encounters between teachers, students, parents, and administrators through which the ideology and values of the school emerge. Filmed during the height of the Civil Rights Movement and anti-Vietnam War sentiments in the US, <i>High School</i> is one of the first ever direct cinema documentaries, revealing so much about how schools were attempting to keep the social unrest outside their walls from infiltrating the education system that Frederick Wiseman didn't screen it in Philadelphia upon release due to rumours of a lawsuit. However, the film garnered Wiseman much critical acclaim, with famed critic Pauline Kael calling <i>High School</i> a "revelation" in The New Yorker.DocumentaryPT1H15M12A2026-01-11
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman
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Showtimes

January 11, 1:00 pm

Filmhouse Cinema