Frederick Wiseman – MRQE

The Store

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

THE STORE is a film about the main Neiman-Marcus store and corporate headquarters in Dallas. The sequences in the film include the selection, presentation, marketing, pricing, advertising and selling of a vast array of consumer products including designer clothes and furs, jewelry, perfumes, shoes, electronic products, sportswear, china and porcelain and many other goods. The internal management and organizational aspects of a large corporation are shown, i.e., sales meetings, development of marketing and advertising strategies, training, personnel practices and sales techniques.

Primate

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Primate sees realist documentarian Frederick Wiseman hone his lens on the inmates of the Yerkes Primate Research Centre. A representative scientist explains the aims and outcomes of the organisation, describing the mating habits and relationships of the animals.

Law and Order (TV)

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The incidents shown illustrate how training, community expectations, socio-economic status of the subject, the threat of violence, and discretion affect police behavior.

Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

A chronicle of the day-to-day activities of a Michelin three-star restaurant and the family that owns and operates it.

Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.

In Jackson Heights

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, NYC district of Jackson Heights, which lays claim to being the most diverse neighbourhood in the world.

Boxing Gym

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Explores the world of a boxing gym in Austin, Texas, dwelling on the discipline of training as people from all walks of life aspire to reach their personal best.

Meat

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

MEAT traces the process through which cattle and sheep become consumer goods. It depicts the processing and transportation of meat products by a highly automated packing plant, illustrating important points and problems in the area of production, transportation, logistics, equipment design, time-motion study, and labor management.

High School

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.

Central Park

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

CENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which people make use of it: running, boating, walking, skating, music, theatre, sports, picnics, parades and concerts. The film also illustrates the complex problems the New York City Parks Department deals with in order to maintain and preserve the park and keep it open and accessible to the public.