TITICUT FOLLIES

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Sep 24, 2017 12:00 PM
Series Info
Series:Art House Theater Day
Film Info
Runtime:84 mins
Director:Frederick Wiseman
Year Released:1967
Production Country:UAS

Description

Special Screening on Art House Theater Day, 9/24.

50th anniversary screening also includes special pre-recorded Q&A featuring Wiseman and his superfan, Wes Anderson just for Art House Theater Day.

"TITICUT FOLLIES is a great work, a near-masterpiece not just of the documentary form, but of moviemaking in any category. It’s a film that transcends the time and place of its manufacture, and it should be seen not just by documentarians and film students but by anyone interested in the movies as a medium capable of powerfully presenting the human condition." -Village Voice

Titicut Follies, master documentarian Frederick Wiseman's long-banned film, portrays the existence of occupants of Bridgewater State Hospital holed up in empty cells and only periodically washed. It also depicts inmates/patients required to strip naked publicly, force feeding, and indifference and bullying on the part of many of the institution's staff.