• JBFC: Frederick Wiseman’s America— Domestic Violence

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    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

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    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 […]

  • JBFC: Frederick Wiseman’s America: Belfast Maine

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    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 […]

  • JBFC: Frederick Wiseman’s America— Public Housing

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    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

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    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— In Jackson Heights

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America— In Jackson Heights Set in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, New York—one of the most racially and ethically diverse communities in the United States—In Jackson Heights centers on the daily lives of the people in […]

  • JBFC: Frederick Wiseman’s America: Monrovia, Indiana

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America: Monrovia, Indiana Monrovia, Indiana explores a small, rural town in the American midwest and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity, and authenticity are formed, experienced, and lived, along with conflicting stereotypes. The film […]

  • JBFC: Frederick Wiseman’s America— In Jackson Heights

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America— In Jackson Heights Set in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, New York—one of the most racially and ethically diverse communities in the United States—In Jackson Heights centers on the daily lives of the people in […]

  • JBFC: Frederick Wiseman’s America: Monrovia, Indiana

    Jacob Burns Film Center

    JBFC: Frederick Wiseman's America: Monrovia, Indiana Monrovia, Indiana explores a small, rural town in the American midwest and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity, and authenticity are formed, experienced, and lived, along with conflicting stereotypes. The film […]