Canal Zone—Wisemania Film Series

Schedule

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT | New Haven, CT

CANAL ZONE (Frederick Wiseman, 1977, 16mm, 174 mins)
Wiseman’s first “place” film takes us to the Panama Canal, where U.S. civilian, business, and military personnel attempt to import American suburban life: between bingo games and boxing matches, high schoolers recite the Gettysburg Address and mental health patients watch Spanish-dubbed Abbott and Costello movies while patrol dogs sniff for drugs. With CANAL ZONE, Wiseman gives us “one of his most wickedly funny films” (Ben Sachs) and “an ingenious cautionary tale” (Frank Rich). 16mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
Full schedule: bit.ly/yalefilmarchivescreenings
“Wisemania” is a multi-year exploration of the works of documentarian Frederick Wiseman.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT, United States
Yale Film Archive

Host or Publisher Yale Film Archive

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