Titicut Follies is a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The film documents the various ways the inmates are treated by the guards, social workers and psychiatrists.

Filmed over the course of thirty days at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Frederick Wiseman’s searing documentary is one of the greatest directorial debuts in the history of cinema, and also one of the most controversial.