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Help me work out what this film was

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Outtheforest · 10/05/2020 12:00

Trying to remember a film or maybe a TV show I watched a while ago and Google has failed me.
It was set in college, there was a special class or study group, students had to write essays to join it. The professor was actually doing mind control experiments convincing them they had done awful things.
I think it was maybe based on a true story potentially MK ultra, I can see it in my mind but can't remember the title.
shamelessly posting for traffic as it is driving me mad trying to find it Blush

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CuteOrangeElephant · 10/05/2020 12:01

The Wave

Outtheforest · 10/05/2020 12:07

Google saying that's about a tsunami? Is there two the waves?
This was definitely set in a college I think in the 70s/80s most likely America but maybe UK.

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CuteOrangeElephant · 10/05/2020 12:27

Sorry I meant The Wave/Die Welle from 2008. But with the extra information I think you mean the film The Wave from 1981 :)

AConvivialHost · 10/05/2020 12:29

Was it the Unabomber series on Netflix? That has a bit where Ted Kaczynski is recruited into a psych experiment at College.

Whitestick · 10/05/2020 12:30

In the Wave the teacher doesn't convince them they have done awful things, I don't think - they actually start behaving that way, showing how easy it was for people to get sucked in by the Hitler Youth

NatashaAlianovaRomanova · 10/05/2020 12:33

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

The in popular culture section gives movies/tv shows with references to MK Ultra - might be one of those.

Spanielsanddaughters · 10/05/2020 12:34

Was also going to say Netflix unabomber

Outtheforest · 10/05/2020 19:02

@AConvivialHost @Spanielsanddaughters it was the unabomber series thankyou! I was thinking it was a whole show about that scene for some reason Blush

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