In 1950, America was in a state of panic. Juvenile delinquency was destroying the very fabric of society. Ninety percent of all children were reading comic books. In 1954, psychiatrist Dr. Fredric Wertham wrote a scathing indictment of comics called Seduction of the Innocent. Its central premise: Comic books were the leading contributing factor to juvenile delinquency. That same year, Dr. Wertham testified at special hearings on comic books at the Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in the United States. Comics were on trial. Diagram for Delinquents captures the zeitgeist of late 1940s and early 1950s America and investigates how the funny books found themselves on the fire. Using expert and comic book insider interviews, never seen before historical photographs and films, and animation, DIAGRAM goes further than any previous comic book documentary to explore and understand the controversial figure at the center of this American tale: Fredric Wertham.
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DIAGRAM FOR DELINQUENTS Official Trailer
In 1950 America was in a state of panic. Juvenile delinquency was destroying the very fabric of society. Ninety percent of all children were reading comic books.
Diagram for Delinquents Excerpt: Introducing Wertham
This is a clip from the documentary DIAGRAM FOR DELINQUENTS: FREDRIC WERTHAM AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMIC BOOKS. The clip is of the film's ...
Diagram for Delinquents Promo: Al Feldstein on the End of an Era
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Diagram for Delinquents Promo: Kirsh on Wertham's Comic Book Syndrome
Dr. Steven Kirsh author of "Media and Youth: A Developmental Perspective" and "Children Adolescents and Media Violence" is important to our documentary ...
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Diagram for Delinquents captures the zeitgeist of late 1940s and early 1950s America and investigates how the funny books found themselves on the fire.
Diagram for Delinquents Promo: Hitchcock & Wertham Redbook Interview
In this teaser for the Sequart documentary "Diagram for Delinquents: Fredric Wertham and the Evolution of Comic Books" it's April of 1963 and two men sit down ...
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