The National Rehabilitation Center

The National Rehabilitation Center

1969
12m
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Overview

Two years before Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park (1971), director Penelope Spheeris takes the McCarran Act to its inevitable next step and shows us—via an early use of mockumentary—what the U.S. might be like if potential subversives were simply locked up en masse before they had a chance to subvert anything. 16mm, color, 12 min. Director: Penelope Spheeris.1969. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Quick Facts

Release Date August 26, 1969
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Key Crew

Penelope Spheeris
Director