The Films of Frederick Wiseman: High School (4K Restoration)

High School

USA | 1968 | 75 min. | Frederick Wiseman

Opens April 19, 2025

The Films of Frederick Wiseman | Presented by SIFF and The Beacon

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.

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High School 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. 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.

  • Director: Frederick Wiseman
  • Country: USA
  • Year: 1968
  • Running Time: 75 min.
  • Producer: Frederick Wiseman
  • Cinematographers: Richard Leiterman
  • Editors: Frederick Wiseman
  • Filmography: Titicut Follies (1967), Law and Order (1969), Hospital (1970), Juvenile Court (1973), Primate (1974), Welfare (1975), National Gallery (2014), In Jackson Heights (2015), Monrovia, Indiana (2018), Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
  • Language: English
  • US Distributor: mTuckman media, inc.