The National Rehabilitation Center
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.
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- Penelope Spheeris
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The National Rehabilitation Center was directed by Penelope Spheeris.
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The National Rehabilitation Center was released in 1969.
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