Tell Your Children
“Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!”
Drama
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.
VIBE
This film feels like a fever dream fueled by moral panic. It's a stark, urgent warning, dripping with dread and paranoia about the perceived dangers lurking in the shadows, designed to shock and alarm.
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drug dealerpropagandadrug traffickingdrug addictionopiumexploitationhallucinationhallucinogenic drugmarijuanadrugspsychotronic
