Titicut Follies (1967)

Don't turn your back on this film... if you value your mind or your life.

• Documentary

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.

Rating

7.3 / 10 (155 votes)

Release date

October 3, 1967

Runtime

1h 24m

Language

English

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Status

Released