The Blackboard Jungle (NFT/BFI Film Classics)
First published
1954
Genre
New york (n.y.), fiction
This "nightmarish but authentic" ("Time") portrait of a high school English teacher and the defiant, uncontrollable students in his charge rings with ferocious urgency and harrowing realism. A timeless rendering of youth culture set against the backdrop of 1950s New York City, "The Blackboard Jungle" speaks powerfully to the alarming epidemic of violence and security issues in today's schools.
New york (n.y.), fictionFictionYouth cultureViolenceSecurity issuesschool
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