Titicut Follies

Synopsis

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.

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Written by

Frederick Wiseman

Studio

Zipporah Films

Released

3 October 1967

Genres

Documentary