Following up from last week's screening of Titicut Follies is another look at institutional life, Warrendale.Warrendale Canada/1967/B&W/101mins/16mm/NFVLS Dir: Allan King.
A cinema verite study of the treatment of emotionally disturbed children at the Warrendale Centre in Ontario. The patients have behaviour abnormalities too severe for normal living, but here are given minimal restraint and encouragement to express their feelings however violent their form. Warrendale shared the 1967 Cannes Festival award with Blow-Up.
“This shattering documentary emerges as an engrossing, stark film. Variety
“The depth of emotion may embarrass some audiences, but it is the only way to deal honestly with material of this importance.” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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The Anatomy of Cindy Fink USA/1965/B&W & Colour/12mins/ 16mm/NFVLS Dir: Patricia Jaffe, Richard Leacock, Paul Leaf.
A cinema verite portrait of a young dancer rehearsing in an artist's studio in Greenwich village.
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