Over nearly sixty years, Frederick Wiseman has created a body of work like no other. As a documentarian, he has depicted systems at work from the ground up, whether that system is a police department, a department store, or a missile silo. Wiseman’s style is deceptively simple — viewers feel like a fly on the wall watching various mini-dramas within the overarching framework of the system depicted. Of course, it is anything but simple. Wiseman shoots many, many hours of film and then constructs his narrative with extraordinary care and discretion. The results are often revelatory and are always interesting. For this series we present — in collaboration with Wiseman’s production company, Zipporah Films — new restorations of some Wiseman films that have been hard to see for years. Whether you are a seasoned Wiseman fan or not, we hope that you will join us for these special presentations.
