Jacob Burns Film Center: Wiseman's America— High School Frederick Wiseman’s second film takes place in a large urban high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film documents how the school system exists not only to pass on “facts” but also to […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Frederick Wiseman's America: Law and Order In the shadow of the 1968 race riots, Law and Order surveys the day-to-day work of a Kansas City police department. From drive-alongs to arrests to general social service work, what accrues […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Frederick Wiseman's America— Welfare Welfare shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Wiseman's America— Canal Zone Canal Zone is about the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and shows both the operation of the Canal and the various governmental agencies—business, military, and civilian—related to the […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Wiseman's America— Canal Zone Canal Zone is about the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and shows both the operation of the Canal and the various governmental agencies—business, military, and civilian—related to the […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Wiseman's America— The Store The Store is a film about the main Neiman-Marcus store and corporate headquarters in Dallas. The sequences in the film include the selection, presentation, marketing, pricing, advertising and selling of a vast array […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Wiseman's America— The Store The Store is a film about the main Neiman-Marcus store and corporate headquarters in Dallas. The sequences in the film include the selection, presentation, marketing, pricing, advertising and selling of a vast array […]
JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America— Aspen Aspen is a film about a town famous in the 19th century for silver mining and now known for its scenic splendor, mountains, skiing, hiking, music, intellectual activity and fashionable people. The film documents the daily […]
JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America— Aspen Aspen is a film about a town famous in the 19th century for silver mining and now known for its scenic splendor, mountains, skiing, hiking, music, intellectual activity and fashionable people. The film documents the daily […]
JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America— Public Housing Public Housing documents daily life at the Ida B. Wells public housing development in Chicago. The film illustrates some of the experiences of people living in conditions of extreme poverty. Events shown include the work […]
JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America— Domestic Violence Domestic Violence shows the police in Tampa, Florida as they respond to domestic violence calls, in addition to the work of The Spring, the principal shelter in Tampa for women and children. Sequences with the […]
JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America: Belfast Maine Belfast, Maine is a film about ordinary experience in a beautiful old New England port city. It is a portrait of daily life with particular emphasis on the work and the cultural life of the […]
