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The Test

2000 · 28 min

A quiet, earnest school drama that simmers with quiet injustice and the strain it puts on a friendship.

Directed by
Peter Frintrup
Genres
Drama
Starring
Victor Suthamannont, Daryl Watson
Overview
The Test is the story of Lewis Washington and Chen Gonzales, two great friends of different cultures who must deal with racist teachers, biased curriculum, and the self-fulfilling prophesies of a society who must label people in order to segregate them. Although Lewis is African American, and Chen is half Hispanic and half Asian, they have found strength in their differences throughout their first three years of high school. But the two are torn apart when an intelligence test is issued to limit the enrollment to their predominately white wealthy high school before their senior year...suspiciously at the same time that a proposition ends all existing Affirmative Action laws.

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Directed by
Peter Frintrup
Genres
Drama
Starring
Victor Suthamannont, Daryl Watson
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • identity
  • friendship
  • justice
  • class
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Peter Frintrup
Written by
Peter Frintrup, Steven W. Thrasher
Starring
Victor Suthamannont, Daryl Watson
Cinematography
Reed Morano
Runtime
28 min

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