In 1960’s California, young history teacher Ron Jones wanted to deter his students from the allure of totalitarianism and groupthink. Instituting a daring social experiment, Jones succeeded beyond his wildest dreams – or rather nightmares - creating a virtual fascist state on campus. Replete with salutes and Gestapo-like informants, 30 students grew to 200 as this exercise in fascism spiraled out of control, re-enacting the roots of the Third Reich.

Jones managed to halt his students’ snowballing wave of moral relativism by shocking them to the core but in doing so marked them for life – the dark memory of what they could become ever present.

The birth of The Third Wave isn’t just a footnote in history, but a continuing warning to us all. The story of what happened and could happen again all too easily is required reading at schools in Germany and Europe.

A riveting true-life story upon which the worldwide best-selling novel The Wave (Die Welle) is based.

Awards and Festivals
Winner
Golden Eagle Award, CINE Film Festival 2012
Best Feature Length Documentary, Chicago United Film Festival 2010
Audience Award - Best Documentary, Kansas City International Film Festival 2011
Best Documentary, Independent Filmmakers Showcase Film Festival (L.A) 2012
Best Director, Independent Filmmakers Showcase Film Festival (L.A) 2012

Official Selection
DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2011
Victoria Film Festival 2011
Mill Valley Film Festival 2011
Seattle International Film Festival 2011
SoHo International Film Festival (N.Y) 2011
Newport Beach Film Festival 2011
San Francisco United Film Festival 2011
Ditshwanelo Human Rights Film Festival (Botswana) 2012
World Community Film Festival Canada 2012
Salt Spring Film Festival Canada 2012
Anchorage International Film Festival 2012

Press
C21 Article - Mercury Chalks Up Worldwide Sales for “Lesson Plan”