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Film/Video
TITICUT FOLLIES
DIRECTED BY FREDERICK WISEMAN
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 5, 2003,
8 PM
$7 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS)
AUDITORIUM
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Wiseman's debut documentary Titicut Follies is a stark, unrelenting
glimpse into the State Prison for the Criminally Insane located in Bridgewater,
Massachusetts. Portraying the conditions that existed when it was made in
1967, the film was banned worldwide until 1992 due to a court ruling regarding
invasion of privacy, but has since become an esteemed classic. The title
refers to a musical revue staged by inmates and guards. This film tells
you more than you could possibly want to know--but no more than you should
know--about life behind the walls of one of those institutions where we
file and forget the criminally insane. 1967, U.S., BW, 16mm, 84 minutes.
FREDERICK WISEMAN: A SENSE OF PLACE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS
SUPPORT FROM THE REGIS FOUNDATION. |