With the wave of student protests in the late '60s, it made sense for someone to make a documentary about the relationships between the different generations. Frederick Wiseman's "High School", looks at a Philadelphia high school. The focus is not just on the interactions and differences between the students and faculty, but also about the topics and values that are getting taught.
Obviously this is just a snapshot. It's one school and a limited focus on that one school. The documentary would've come out different had they filmed it anywhere else. What we gleam from this is that the old order is fading, and the younger generation is bound to want to seek out a new way of doing things. Not the greatest documentary, but worth seeing.
Obviously this is just a snapshot. It's one school and a limited focus on that one school. The documentary would've come out different had they filmed it anywhere else. What we gleam from this is that the old order is fading, and the younger generation is bound to want to seek out a new way of doing things. Not the greatest documentary, but worth seeing.