A court room parody pointing out the fallacies upon which prejudice thrives and the inadequacy of the laws to eliminate discrimination. Jonathon Mole is a bigoted law clerk who considers himself a victimised average citizen. One night, Jonathan dreams of a ‘perfect’ nation where he is elevated to the status of judge and is presented with a case testing a law which reserves the most desired vocations to person’s of ‘pure’ racial origin. Witnesses for the Prosecution present easily recognizable stereotypes of prejudice and witnesses for the Defence counter with undeniable facts. Although this film was made in 1959 to combat employment discrimination in Canada, the attitudes exposed have repeatedly surfaced throughout the world, since this film’s production.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002678
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination in employment
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prejudices
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social justice
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Prejudices
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stereotype (Psychology)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)