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- Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, died at age 96 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- His family announced his passing through Zipporah Films, founded in 1971.
- He received an honorary Academy Award in 2016.
- Titicut Follies (1967) remains the only U.S. film banned for reasons beyond obscenity or national security.
- His later films, including In Jackson Heights (2015) and Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017), earned critical acclaim.
