Last in the series of feature-length documentaries. Titicut Follies
The world television premiere of Frederick Wiseman 's startling documentary film, banned for 24 years. Made in 1967, this masterly and chilling portrait of the hideous treatment of inmates at the Bridgewater
State Hospital for the criminally insane is the only film in American history to be banned for reasons other than obscenity. The accuracy of the scenes was never questioned - the State of Massachusetts was embarrassed at what the film showed, portraying as it did in graphic detail the daily life of the inmates, guards and psychiatrists in this prison. Series editor
Andre Singer comments: "It is amazing how contemporary Fred Wiseman 's Hogarthian vision of the prison is." The film has no titles, narration, music or explicit commentary.
Colour and B/W