High School

(Frederick Wiseman, US 1968, 75 min., 35mm)

Earliest Works by Frederick Wiseman Preserved. This film about a large urban high school records the daily activities and the policies and attitudes which shape the institution. The ideology and values of the school emerge through a series of formal and informal encounters among students, parents, and teachers in guidance sessions, college counseling, disciplinary and faculty meetings, corridor patrol, and athletic, classroom, and extracurricular activities.

Preserved by the Library of Congress.