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CINEMA EXPANDED: THE FILMS OF FREDERICK WISEMAN (1967-1975)
With a groundbreaking career spanning seven decades, Frederick Wiseman is one of the great American storytellers. His documentaries, shot vérité-style, are meticulously edited narratives chronicling life’s complexities through rich portraits of social and cultural institutions. Wiseman’s themes are expansive: democracy, power, inequality and community, to name a few; but his focus is compellingly specific and humane. Whether revealing shortcomings in social support or celebrating culinary excellence, he has a unique eye – and ear – for detail.
Representing their first release in the UK, this 3-disc / 5-film collection features a selection of Wiseman’s work made between 1967 and 1975, including Titicut Follies, High School and Juvenile Court.
THE FILMS
- Titicut Follies (1967, 84 m)
- High School (1968, 75m)
- Hospital (1970, 84m)
- Juvenile Court (1973, 144m)
- Welfare (1975, 167m)
SPECIAL FEATURES - Newly restored in 4K by Zipporah Films and presented in High Definition
- Newly commissioned video essay by Ian Mantganion the films of Frederick Wiseman
- Frederick Wiseman: A Discussion (2025): filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s aesthetics and approach to filmmaking. Recorded at BFI Southbank, London.
- Limited edition including a perfect-bound book featuring essays by David Jenkins, Eric Marsh, Stephen Mamber, Philip Concannon and Shawn Glinis and Arlin Golden, hosts of the long-running Wiseman Podcast. Also includes a 1986 interview with William Brayne (cinematographer on Hospital and Juvenile Court) and a 1974 essay from Sight & Soundby Thomas Atkins
- Newly created English descriptive subtitles on all five films
(REGION B)
