| Titicut Follies | |
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| Directed by | Frederick Wiseman |
| Written by | Frederick Wiseman |
| Produced by | Frederick Wiseman |
| Cinematography | John Marshall |
| Edited by | Frederick Wiseman Alyne Model |
Production company | Bridgewater Film |
| Distributed by | Grove Press[1] |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Titicut Follies is a 1967 American direct cinema documentary film produced, written, and directed by Frederick Wiseman and filmed by John Marshall. It deals with the patient-inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The title is taken from that of a talent show put on by the hospital staff. Titicut is the Wampanoag name for the nearby Taunton River.
The film won accolades in Germany and Italy. Wiseman went on to produce many more such films examining social institutions (e.g. hospitals, police, schools, etc.) in the United States.
In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]
- ^ "Frederick Wiseman talks "Titicut Follies"". 18 April 2016.
- ^ Ulaby, Neda (December 14, 2022). "'Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry". NPR. Retrieved December 14, 2022.