Frederick Wiseman Movies

A portrait of the day-to-day operations of the National Gallery of London, that reveals the role of the employees and the experiences of the...

The School for the Deaf at the Alabama Institute is organized around a theory of total communication, i.e. the use of signs and finger spelling in...

Follow the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and glimpse into both the operation of the Canal and the various governmental agencies...

Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous...

A look at the daily activities at the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City, with emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics. The cases...

Frederick Wiseman observes the ins and outs of the Paris Opera House, including the processes behind seven of their operas: Genus (Wayne McGregor),...

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman highlights the educational programs and daily life of all levels of students at the Alabama School for the Blind,...

A survey of the wide range of work police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The...

The nature and complexity of the welfare system is explored in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of constituting problems: housing,...

Before the Memphis Juvenile Court are a complex variety of cases: foster home placement, drug abuse, armed robbery, child abuse, and sexual offenses....

A group of middle-aged men dressed as the Nazi high command gather in London to attempt a crucial experiment: making the first film entirely shot by...

Daily life in a Benedictine monastery follows resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of...

Monrovia, Indiana explores a small town in rural, mid-America and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity,...

A look at how the Tampa, Florida police respond to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter for women and children....

During the summer of 1970 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, a group of men going through infantry training show how they're transformed from civilians into...

In a captured Ukrainian ghetto, circa 1941, Jewish town physician Anna Semyonovna dictates a final farewell letter to her son who is safe outside...

An exploration of the inner workings of the New York City-based American Ballet Theatre, one of the most prestigious ballet schools in the world. All...

An epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more, exploring the government of Boston, MA,...

Famous in the 19th-century for silver mining, Aspen is now better known for its scenic splendor, skiing, hiking, and fashion. One typical winter, the...

Frederick Wiseman’s unflinching portrayal of life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago, a raw exposition of the daily conflicts...