Punishment Park - Friday // Doc Turtleneck

Peter Watkins, 1971, 91 mins

A movie so prescient and incendiary that it was never fully released in the United States. Today, it's horrifyingly realistic. A pseudo-documentary purporting to be media coverage of a film crew of a team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, rebellious and dissident types across the desert.

Doc Turtleneck is a screening series dedicated to non-fiction films that challenge traditional notions of truth. While documentaries are often seen as arbiters of reality, this series emphasizes that "truth" in cinema is always shaped by perspective and interpretation.

The films showcased in Doc Turtleneck embrace this complexity, blending innovation and introspection to explore how stories are told and how meaning is made. Whether through the filmmaker’s presence, experimental structures, or evocative imagery, these works champion a nuanced approach to non-fiction, inviting audiences to question, reflect, and engage with the many layers of reality.

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