Titicut Follies
“Don't turn your back on this film... if you value your mind or your life.”
Employing methods of direct cinema–observation, limited stylization, and non-intervention–this stark look into the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Massachusetts shows its denizens, who were often kept in barren cells and infrequently bathed, forced to strip naked publicly, force feeding, and the indifference and bullying by many of the hospital's staff.
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Frederick Wiseman Director · John Marshall Cinematographer Alyne Model Editor
United States release October 3, 1967 · Produced in United States
Production
Zipporah Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 28, 1967
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United States · October 3, 1967
Theatrical · New York City, New York
France
November 14, 1993 · Theatrical
March 9, 1994 · Theatrical
September 15, 2026 · Digital · arte.tv (Wiseman cycle), restoration
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