Punishment Park (1971)
- Directed by
- Peter Watkins
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 203 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A fictional film crew follows National Guard soldiers and police as they hunt down draft-dodging counterculture protesters in a desert. The action is presented like a documentary showing the chase and capture of the group.
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What happens
Punishment Park is a 1971 American pseudo-documentary drama film written and directed by Peter Watkins. The film follows a British and West German film crew documenting National Guard soldiers and police as they pursue members of a counterculture group across a desert for draft evasion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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