Titicut Follies – Mental Institution Documentary
Posted on: June 4, 2009
Posted in: Documentary, Featured, Prison Life, Video
WARNING!! This is very graphic!! Titicut Follies is a black and white 1967 documentary film by United States filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about the treatment of inmates / patients at Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The title is taken from a talent show put on by the hospital’s inmates. (The talent show was named after the Wampanoag word for the nearby Taunton River.) In 1967 the film won awards in Germany and Italy. It was one of a number of films made by Wiseman that examined social institutions: hospital, police, school, etc., in the United States.
June 5th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Does it work for anyone? Piotr
June 5th, 2009 at 10:24 am
this is a classic.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Its a bit slow till you get 30 mins into. After seeing the moviie all the way thru its worthy of reviewing again. Its a part of patient history. I wonder where the guy is who wanted to go back to jail. Today he would be a advocate in ex survivor patient movement. We must never forget.
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March 15th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
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April 6th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
[...] And see the movie here or here. [...]
July 8th, 2010 at 7:32 am
Thanks for this American historical monument. Legally suppressed until the filmed subjects had passed away, it is an amazing insight into the horror of government ‘remedies’.