Composing an American epic: the films of Frederick Wiseman
- Document author(s):
- Phillip Lopate
- Document source:
- Cinematheque Ontario/a division of Toronto International Film Festival Group
- Publication date:
- 2002 Mar 15
- Document language:
- English
- Document type:
- program note
- Number of pages:
- 4
- Source pagination:
- 4-7
- Document name subject:
- Frederick Wiseman
- Document contains:
- production co
- Related films:
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- High school — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1968
- Hospital — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1970
- Basic training — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1971
- Essene — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1972
- Juvenile court — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1973
- Welfare — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1975
- Canal Zone — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1977
- Racetrack — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1985
- Missile — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1987
- Blind — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1987
- Near death — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1989
- Zoo — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1993
- Public housing — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1997
- Belfast, Maine — Wiseman, Frederick — United States — 1999
- Film country(ies):
- United States
- Film language(s):
- English
- Film production company:
- Belfast Inc., Exit Films Inc., Housing Films, OSTI Film, and Zipporah Films
- Film genre(s):
- Documentary, Feature, and Social problem
- Film subject(s):
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- Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
- Americans -- Panama -- Canal Zone
- Animal handling
- Ballistic missile defenses -- California
- Ballistic missile defenses -- United States
- Basic training (Military education) -- United States
- Belfast (Me.) -- Description and travel
- Belfast (Me.) -- Economic conditions
- Belfast (Me.) -- Social conditions
- Belfast (Me.) -- Social life and customs
- Belmont Park (Elmont, N.Y.)
- Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
- Blind -- Education -- Alabama
- Blind children
- Canal Zone
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions
- Children -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions
- Children with disabilities -- Education -- Alabama
- Conformity
- Critical care medicine -- Decision making
- Critical care medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Death -- Psychological aspects
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States
- Education, Secondary -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Education, Secondary -- United States -- Case studies
- Education, Urban -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Emergency physicians -- New York (State) -- New York
- Fort Knox (Ky.)
- Health insurance -- New York (State) -- New York
- High Schools -- United States -- Case studies
- High school students -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- High school students -- United States -- Attitudes
- High school teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- High school teachers -- United States -- Attitudes
- High school teaching -- United States
- High schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies
- Horse racing
- Hospital care -- New York (State) -- New York
- Hospitals -- Emergency services
- Hospitals -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies
- Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York
- Hospitals -- United States -- Case studies
- Human-animal relationships
- Inner cities -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Intensive care units -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies
- Intensive care units -- United States -- Case studies
- Juvenile corrections -- United States -- Case studies
- Juvenile courts -- Tennessee -- Memphis
- Juvenile courts -- United States - Case studies
- Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Case studies
- Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Case studies
- Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States -- Case studies
- Life and death, Power over -- Decision making
- Life support systems (Critical care) -- Case studies
- Low-income housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Medical care -- New York (State) -- New York
- Medical ethics
- Medical technology -- Decision making
- Medicine -- Decision making
- Medicine -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Medicine -- Decision making -- Psychological aspects
- Metropolitan Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.)
- Military education -- United States
- Minorities -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions
- Monastic and religious life
- Monasticism and religious orders
- Monks
- Northeast High School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Older people -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions
- Panama Canal (Panama)
- Physician and patient
- Police-community relations -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Poor -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions
- Poor -- United States -- Economic conditions
- Poor -- United States -- Social conditions
- Public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Public welfare -- United States
- Public welfare administration -- United States
- Sick -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Slums -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Social service -- United States
- Social work with juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Case studies
- Soldiers -- Training of -- United States
- Teacher-student relationships -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Teacher-student relationships -- United States
- Terminal care
- Terminal care -- Case studies
- Terminal care -- Decision making
- Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Terminal care facilities -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies
- Terminal care facilities -- United States -- Case studies
- Terminally ill
- United States. Air Force -- Officers -- Training of
- United States. Air Force -- Weapons systems
- United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command
- United States. Army
- Urban schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Urban schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies
- Urban schools -- United States -- Case studies
- Vandenberg Air Force Base (Calif.)
- Women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions
- Zoos -- Florida -- Miami
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