‘Titicut Follies’ Exposed The Horrific Conditions In Mental Hospitals… and Was Condemned For Doing So
Before its release, the 1967 American documentary Titicut Follies, directed by Frederick Wiseman, was outlawed in the country due to its graphic description of circumstances at the Massachusetts’ Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. The film, which was shot in black and white, features scenes of forced medicine, restraints, and torture as well as the harsh and frequently barbaric treatment of patients at the institution. The movie was outlawed in the US on the grounds that it infringed the privacy of the patients it featured and that its release may damage the hospital’s and Massachusetts’s reputation. The decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that the film’s educational value outweighed any potential harm from its release led to the final lifting of the ban on the film in 1991.
‘Titicut Follies’ Exposed The Horrific Conditions In Mental Hospitals… And Was Condemned For Doing So
Disney’s ‘The Vanishing Prairie’ Almost Became Extinct Thanks To The Censorship Board
When The Vanishing Prairie was launched in 1954, it was easily accessible to viewers, but one state sincerely opposed its dissemination. The movie, which features Winston Hibler as its narrator, highlights the animals and natural history of the American Great Plains. It was one of several nature movies Disney made in the 1950s and 1960s, and upon its release, both audiences and critics praised it. It was once outlawed in New York State because it featured footage of a buffalo’s birth, which the local censor board deemed to be unpleasant to viewers. Later, the ban was overturned because spectators could handle witnessing the birth of a sweet tiny baby buffalo.
Disney’s ‘The Vanishing Prairie’ Almost Became Extinct Thanks To The Censorship Board
