
Punishment Park
- Drama
- Thriller
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
- Directed by
- Peter Watkins
- Written by
- Peter Watkins
Cast
- Patrick Boland
Carmen Argenziano- Kent Foreman
- Luke Johnson
- Katherine Quittner
- Scott Turner
- Stan Armsted
- Mary Ellen Kleinhall
- Mark Keats
- Gladys Golden
- Sanford Golden
- George Gregory
Keywords
- aggressive
- dystopia
- found footage
- war
- political thriller
- soldier
- military
- desert
- police brutality
- mccarthyism
- struggle for survival
- hippie
- survival competition
- hostile
- found footage adjacent
- pseudo-documentary
- fake documentary
- united states of america (usa)
- murder hunt
- political repression
- mock trial
- murdered by a policeman
- young activists
- underground cinema
- united states police