Juvenile Court

Name: Juvenile Court
Genre: Documentary

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Juvenile Court

1973

2h 24m

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Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman offers an unobtrusive examination of the goings-on of a children's court, Memphis Juvenile Court 616.

Calum Baker

Radio Times

Sep 9, 2026

5/5

Wiseman's rigourous, people-focused approach, coupled with the simple power of these clearly fashioned narrative threads, makes the film one of his more gripping and moving studies of institutional machinery.

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Frederick Wiseman

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Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman offers an unobtrusive examination of the goings-on of a children's court, Memphis Juvenile Court 616.

Director: Frederick Wiseman
Producer: Frederick Wiseman
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 2h 24m

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