Titicut Follies

1967 American documentary film

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Titicut Follies is a 1967 American direct cinema documentary film produced, written, and directed by Frederick Wiseman and filmed by John Marshall. It deals with the patient-inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The title is taken from that of a talent show put on by the hospital staff.

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🇺🇸 Frederick Wiseman, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, dies at 96 (2026-02-16)
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