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Documentaries like Titicut Follies

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The 3 reasons people love Titicut Follies

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  1. You want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think.

  2. You like raw black and white footage from the 1960s.

  3. You want to see what total power over patients looks like.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Taxi to the Dark Side2008

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think
    • you want to see what total power over patients looks like

    Good for you if you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.

  • Night and Fog1956

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think

    Good for you if you want the record itself, the archives and the places as they were left.

  • Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple2006

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think

    Good for you if you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones.

  • Hearts and Minds1974

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think
    • you want to see what total power over patients looks like

    Good for you if you like a film made in the middle of the events it shows.

  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror2021

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think
    • you want to see what total power over patients looks like

    Good for you if you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.

  • Schindler's List1993

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think

    Good for you if you want to understand a true story from the inside.

  • The Look of Silence2014

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think

    Good for you if you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.

  • One Child Nation2019

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think
    • you want to see what total power over patients looks like

    Good for you if you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.

  • Bus 1742002

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think
    • you want to see what total power over patients looks like

    Good for you if you're interested in how crowds are swayed by propaganda.

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