High School (1968) w/ Celia Blumm
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"It's nice to be individualistic, but there are certain places to be individualistic." "I didn't mean to be individualistic." What better way to examine Frederick Wiseman's sophomore documentary than with a self-described "survivor of the late 60s educational system"? Mike's high school English teacher, Celia Blumm, stops by to talk about what Wiseman captured, what remains eerily true to this day, and what the hell was up with that guy giving "the talk"?
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