Review of Tell Your Children (1938) by John P — 01 Jul 2013

Certainly a very odd film. This is what is known as a propaganda film that was created to show the affects of drug usage mainly marijuana. This film is filled and packed with things that just do not make sense and hinge heavily on the fact that if you were to smoke this drug, it will change your life forever. Things happen that are not true, and over the top things happen. This film was made as a means of scaring the youth to not indulge in drugs. A very bold attempt at the time as I am sure this freaked a lot of youngsters out for the 30's. But it holds up very poorly in this day and age. The facts are inconceivably wrong, and as mentioned it relies heavily upon shocking the audience from false information. To sum it all up...

This movie is definitely worth a watch as it is a great time capsule of the drug craze of the 30's. It definitely grants perspective to anyone who watches and can possibly shed some light on past american film history. It's not terribly long just shy over sixty minutes and doesn't exactly drag on. I say give this one a watch if you are a cult film fan.