JoJo’s Blues

1)This film tells the story of Teddy’s dangerous initiation into a gang led by Jojo and Scat. Late one night, the boys meet at a construction site and break into the elevator, then jump across to the other as it ascends. Jojo and Scat decide to try it first, in order to show Teddy what they want him to do. But Jojo falls, hanging on by his fingers, and the electricity shorts out. The boys escape down a construction ladder just before the elevator crashes to the ground, Sheepishly, Jojo tries to bribe Teddy into keeping the fiasco a secret, but Teddy refuses not only the money, but also the membership in the club.

2) This film was made for a junior high level to encourage independent thinking in peer pressure situations, and to encourage positive value judgements.