A leading exec at the public broadcasting institution breaks down the impact of recent government cuts and what to do about them ...
Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and "Ex Libris," ...
He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman, who chronicled life at Northeast Philadelphia High School in a 1968 film that caused a years-long controversy in the city, has died. He was 96. Zipporah Films ...
His films explored American institutions, from a psychiatric hospital to a public housing project, and brought him international acclaim.
Frederick Wiseman, the legendary documentarian who made groundbreaking portraits of social institutions for over half a century, has died at 96 years old. The news was announced by his family and his ...
At The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury, 80-year-old Francois Clemmons stands out in more ways than one.
Across a filmmaking career spanning more than five decades, Wiseman – who has died at 96 – refined a uniquely austere, quietly radical form of documentary cinema. Working without narration, interviews ...
"Appalshop has been around for 60 years, so we are no stranger to hard times," said an Appalshop executive.
The 'silent auteur' tackled troubling social and economic issues in such films as 'Titicut Follies,' which exposed ...
Among the world’s most admired and influential filmmakers, Wiseman won an honorary Academy Award in 2016 and completed more than 35 documentaries.
The celebrated director of “Titicut Follies” and dozens of other documentaries was known for in-depth, unadorned movies that ...