"City Hall" from the Frederick Wiseman retrospective at the REX cinema
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NOTE: This is a very long film. It will certainly have at least one 10 minute break.
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In English with German subtitles.
Meeting time allows us 15 minutes before the film starts to find each other - please be on time so we can get seats together.
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The following information is all from Wikipedia.
About the film: City Hall is a 2020 American documentary film directed, edited and co-produced by Frederick Wiseman. It explores the government of Boston, Massachusetts. The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival in September 2020.
The film explores the government of Boston, Massachusetts, from racial justice, housing, climate change action and more. Wiseman's documentaries do not have a standard narrative arc, narration, or interviews, but are based on observation of day-to-day organizational life.
About the director: Frederick Wiseman (1930–2026) was an American filmmaker, documentarian, theater director, editor and actor. His work primarily explored American institutions. His most notable documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Hospital (1970), Welfare (1975) and In Jackson Heights (2015). His films were noted for their dramatic structure despite appearing to eschew narrative devices and for tackling social and economic issues in the United States.
In 2016, Wiseman received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2017, The New York Times called him "one of the most important and original filmmakers working today".