this movie is about a young man, Max Brown who goes to a farming town to teach. I believe this movie does portray the prairies and the people in the 1920s and 1930s because it shows the life of a person (Max Brown) and others who try to make a living during the Great Depression. It shows the climate and weather conditions of the prairies, and how farmers struggled to harvest corp during those climates, and survive on scarce amount of food, water, etc. Max Brown lives through poor living conditions and a poor salary, just like most other Canadians would have done to support themselves or their family. he works like this so he can pay back the money his brother had given him. He talks about his friend who tried to go to Vancouver to find a job but he didn't make it, and also other people who ride the rails. this movie shows that many people did not except charity in anyway because it was shameful to receive any type of relief. the movie also shows how socialism was confronted by Canadians back then. Therefore from all the points above and many others you can conclude that the movie portrays Canada during the Great Depression.

This is a good movie, set in the 1930's and accurately portrayed by the events and the history of the depression in Canada. If u are looking for a fun movie to watch-don't watch this, but if you need an insight into the way of life during the prairies in Canada in the 1930's this movie is what you need. This movie does a good job of showing how employment and basic needs such as shelter, food, and water were rare and hard to find during the depression. It also shows the trends and life in the 1930's and gives you a look back in time, at how things were. This movie doesn't have a good picture or sound but it is informative. This movie is about a teacher, who during the hard times moves to the Prairies, in such of a job to make a living. ----Full Summary---- This movie, is about a Canadian teacher, Max Brown who is forced to move to the prairies, by borrowing money to find a job. When he arrives, Max also does not receive food/water supplies and has a hard time fitting in and surviving in this new place. He is hired to teach a class of students from grades 1-10, who misbehave sometimes. He also finds himself, in company with Alice, the wife of a farmer in Saskatchewan. He receives $20 a month, which is much less then previously negotiated and somehow resists urges of taking the train to back home. Max later has a brief relationship with Alice and manages to control his class before the school year ends and he goes back home before returning the next year.

"Why Shoot the Teacher" was a believable depiction of Canada during the Great Depression period. Max Brown travels to the prairies for a teaching position in a school house. Before this period, he would have had a job in the city as a teacher, however since it was the period of the "roaring twenties", many people lost jobs and were forced to look elsewhere or die penniless. The prairie folk had little to no money and their children helped gain as much money as possible by catching gopher tails for 20 cents apiece, delivered by the government. The crops were poor due to the drought on the prairies, the dust storm, and the grasshopper plague. Many of these elements were depicted in the movie, and thus it is a believable depiction.

This film was about a teacher who moves to a rural community--and has trouble adjusting to his class--made up of farmers' children. My problem with it is that like so many Canadian films, it gets dull, and takes sharp twists in the narrative that just dont make any sense.SPOILER: Bud Cort's character has alot of trouble trying to win over the rustic students...and then, suddenly--the children decide to go rush outside and chase prairie dogs to rip off their tails! Somehow, this wins over the teacher--who suddenly loves his class!It was an inappropriate change of heart in the teacher--not supported by the actions of the children...and explaining it away as "quirky" or "off-beat" simply doesnt work. END SPOILER