Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 39, Number 18, July 26, 1976.
Welfare
Welfare
Frederick Wiseman's documentary of state bureaucracy versus the destitute. It is almost three hours of actual scenes within the Welfare department building No narration, comment or outside scene is offered throughout the whole film. It was extremely tiring and boring and yet those who stayed till the end had more than enough time to think deeply about the subject. Bureaucracy is killing humanity, especially in a time of economic hardship and unemployment.