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Monrovia, Indiana
Iconic filmmaker Frederick Wiseman turns his novelistic eye to rural Midwesterners to fill in a missing piece in his vision of American life.
A continuation of Frederick Wiseman’s 50-year-long exploration of American civic life, City Hall tackles the role of city government and how Boston is providing services for its citizens.
Frederick Wiseman has made 39 documentaries and two fiction films. Among his documentaries are Titicut Follies, Welfare, Public Housing, Near Death, La Comédie Française Ou L'amour Joué, La Danse — le Ballet De L'opéra De Paris, and At Berkeley (Independent Lens, 2014). His documentaries are dramatic, narrative films that seek to portray the joy,… Show more
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City government touches almost every aspect of our lives. Most are unaware of or take for granted these necessary services such as recordkeeping of birth, marriage and death, sanitation, veterans affairs, elder support, parks, licensing of various professional activities, emergency services, as well as hundreds of other activities that support Boston residents and visitors. City Hall, by Frederick Wiseman, shows the efforts by the Boston city government to provide these services. The film also illustrates the variety of ways the city administration enters into civil discourse with the citizens of Boston. Mayor Walsh and his administration grapple with their policy priorities, which include racial justice, affordable housing, climate action, and homelessness. City Hall shows an American city government, and how they are offering services to a diverse population.
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