Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and 2017's "Ex Libris," ...

Frederick Wiseman died Monday at 96. The prolific, Boston-born filmmaker made roughly 50 documentaries. His most famous — or infamous — film was one of his first. In 1967, he released "Titicut Follies ...

"Titicut Follies" became the first film banned in the United States for reasons other than obscenity or national security. It was finally released publicly after yet another court decision in 1991.

Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and 2017's "Ex Libris," has died. He was 96. The director "passed away peacefully at his home ...