The 'silent auteur' tackled troubling social and economic issues in such films as 'Titicut Follies,' which exposed ...

Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and "Ex Libris," ...

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In our news wrap Monday, a major winter storm is piling up snow in the mountains of Northern California and hitting much of the rest of the state with heavy rain, trial began for a Georgia man whose ...

Frederick Wiseman, the renowned and prolific documentary filmmaker who focused his lens on all parts American society and its ...

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.

By Nick Zieminski Feb 16 (Reuters) - Run your finger over a map of any American city, and you'll come across many familiar places: the store, school, city hall, zoo, ballet, gym, racetrack, park and ...

His films explored American institutions, from a psychiatric hospital to a public housing project, and brought him international acclaim.

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 ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump won a regional Emmy for co-producing 'How to Sue the Klu Klux Klan,' a documentary.