High School—Wisemania Film Series
Schedule
Thu, 18 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT | New Haven, CT
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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.
Full schedule: bit.ly/yalefilmarchivescreenings
“Wisemania” is a multi-year exploration of the works of documentarian Frederick Wiseman.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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Where is it happening?
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
