The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Duration: 0:18:42

Genre: Adaptation | Drama | Educational

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Lane Education Service District: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Dramatizes Shirley Jackson's short story about an annual village lottery in which the winner is stoned to death by the rest of the community. Depicts without introduction or explanation this pagan, ritual, harvest sacrifice in a twentieth century rural-American setting. Hints at the uneasiness of the participants and the traditionalism of the event through scattered dialogue and short glimpses of facial expressions. The violent ending shows the winner being stoned to death. A Discussion of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery also available.

Complete Record: , Dramatizes Shirley Jackson's short story about an annual village lottery in which the winner is stoned to death by the rest of the community. Depicts without introduction or explanation this pagan, ritual, harvest sacrifice in a twentieth century rural-American setting. Hints at the uneasiness of the participants and the traditionalism of the event through scattered dialogue and short glimpses of facial expressions. The violent ending shows the winner being stoned to death. A Discussion of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery also available.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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