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High School (1968)

NOT_RATED 75 min  -  Documentary  -   May 1968 (USA)
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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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Frederick Wiseman
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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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Education | Teenage Boy | Philadelphia Pennsylvania | Schoolteacher | Boredom  | See more »

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Documentary

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USA

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English

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Filming Locations:

Northeast High School - 1801 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Osti Productions See more »
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Mono

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Black and White
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This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1991. See more »

Quotes

Male Authority Figure: It's nice to be individualistic, but there are certain places to be individualistic.
Female Student: I didn't mean to be individualistic.
Male Authority Figure: No, I'm not criticizing!
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Soundtracks

"The Dangling Conversation"
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Written by Paul Simon
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