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Cinematheque: Peter Watkins

Punishment Park (US, 1971, 35mm, 88 min.)

Event Details

Date
Friday, March 1, 2013
Time
7 p.m.
Location
UW Cinematheque, 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
In one of the most provocative films of the Vietnam War era, draft dodgers and other counterculture types are rounded up, placed before military tribunal, and hunted down by the National Guard. “A dystopian critique intended for the peace-movement years but possibly even more relevant today... might be the most radioactive portrait of American divisiveness and oppression ever made.” (Michael Atkinson, Village Voice)
Cost
Free

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