Do they still show movies like Ox-Bow Incident and 12 Angry Men in HS classes ?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

Just watching the former on AMC and remember seeing it in social studies or something when I was in school 30 years ago (shortened to a one-reeler, no doubt). I seem to recall being exposed throughout K-12 to a lot of media that promoted critical thinking, social consciousness, equality and other things republicans have little use for.

[lightningandsnow]

1. I watched 12 Angry Men in my grade 11 law class.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. I didn't see The Oxbow Incident in class, but I agree that

it is a thought-provoking and tragic film.

(For those who haven't seen it, it's a Western about a group of vigilantes who head out in pursuit of the bandits who invaded a ranch, critically injured the owner, and stole the cattle. They find three "natural suspects"--a newcomer to the area and his two ranch hands, one a Mexican and one a retarded man, and lynch them...)

It's a 1940s film, so there's nothing in it that could make parents call the principal (no sex, no four-letter words), just a lot of food for thought.

Actually, if I were designing a high school social studies curriculum, I'd include a unit on propaganda.

I happened to read a book about it when I was in high school, and I have been fascinated by the subject ever since. Once you're aware, you can see the sickening propaganda and manipulation all around you.

[PassingFair]

3. My 15 year old recently watched 12 Angry Men.

She also watched Psycho.

This was within the past two years, so yes, schools are still running them.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Was Psycho just for film studies or something like that?

I don't remember a social message in that one but then I'm not a big Hitchcock head. :yoiks:

[WCGreen]

4. We watched the Incident with Martin Sheen and Jeff Bridges....

Also, we watched Inherent the Wind and the Flim Flam Man...

Plus 12 Angry Men...

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. All high schoolers should be made to watch "Network".

[WinkyDink]

7. I showed Malkovich's "Of Mice and Men", among some few others (e.g., "A Man for All Seasons").

I liked those social-conscience movies. :-)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Speaking of Steinbeck, I'm pretty sure I was first exposed to Grapes of Wrath in HS, too.

And that's another Henry Fonda film.

[proteus_lives]

10. Oh, the Malkovich version always makes me cry.

[Bucky]

9. I saw Ox-Bow Incident in school as a kid (5th grade iirc), but haven't shown it in my classes

I wouldn't know where to find it. It's a good suggestion. I'll see if I can work it in in December

[sarge43]

11. Amazon has both the DVD and VHS

DVD-$13, less shipping; VHS-$9.

The book is $6.