Week 5 Question of the week

How does Frederick Wiseman try to convince the viewer that The Titicut Follies (1967) is "true"?

In this mental prison institution Wiseman attempts to provoke the public about a hidden issue that's been going on with no one doing anything about it.

But for him to make us aware let alone take action he makes a disturbing yet thought provoking documentary. He himself and his voice is not in any part of the video but he is the one filming every scene and putting everything together for the purpose of "letting everyone know".
I thought with himself cut from the film this alone draws the audience to primarily focus on what hes filming rather than going back and fourth from his bias to what hes filming. In a sense what hes filming is a indirect approach to his bias but he seems to try to minimize it as much as possible.

so using certain techniques and the angle and a whole lot more considerations are involved in shooting one scene. He characterized himself as a view point of society by looking into the peep hole of a inmate. This symbolizes the society looking at them not society looking out. I don't know his complete intention for this part of the video but he tries to show that there is a problem with society and he shows this intentionally by focusing in the room.