Basic Training
Frederick Wiseman: An American Institution
January 31 - March 5, 2025
Basic Training follows a company of draftees and enlisted men through nine weeks of the basic training cycle and the many forms of ideological training familiar to those who have served in the armed forces.
Basic Training follows a company of draftees and enlisted men through nine weeks of the basic training cycle and the many forms of ideological training familiar to those who have served in the armed forces. The varieties of training techniques used by the army in converting civilians to soldiers are illustrated in scenes of drills, M-16 and bayonet use, a gas chamber, mines, night crawls, an infiltration course, and the many forms of ideological training familiar to millions of men and women who have served in the armed forces.
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