SAT. 29/11 at 12 noon & MON. 1/12 at 6:30pmJust in time for Xmas, a two week program of feel-bad, cinema verite documentaries kicks off this week with the oft-mentioned but rarely screened classic of the genre...
TITICUT FOLLIES
USA/1967/B&W/84mins/16mm/NFVLS Dir: Frederick Wiseman.
Filmed in the state hospital for the criminally insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Wiseman's first film had the unique distinction of being banned from public screening by a court order following a change of mind by the state authorities who initially agreed to both the filming and the release of the completed film. The title comes from the annual revue staged by both the inmates and the staff. The basis of the film's structure is the encounter between the employees of the institution and the people they serve.
Screens with...
Queen of Apollo
USA/1970/Colour/12mins/16mm/NFVLS Dir: Richard Leacock. A cinema verite documentary about a 1970 debutante. Shows the "Queen of Apollo" on her big night - an exclusive New Orleans mardi gras ball.
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