Titicut Follies

About Titicut Follies

Employing methods of direct cinema–observation, limited stylization, and non-intervention–this stark look into the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Massachusetts shows its denizens, who were often kept in barren cells and infrequently bathed, forced to strip naked publicly, force feeding, and the indifference and bullying by many of the hospital's staff.

Titicut Follies (1967) is a documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. It runs 84 minutes and was released in October 1967.

The film is filed under shocking, informative, observational documentary, and jail.

The screenplay is by Frederick Wiseman.

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy, Twelve Monkeys, and Vita & Virginia make useful companions to Titicut Follies, all filed under criminally insane, insane asylum, and mental patient. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 155 votes and it carries a NR rating.