Punishment Park (1971)

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"26.7."

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"The federal authorities in Punishment Park have detained anti-establishment hippies and draft-dodgers deemed to be a threat to internal security, putting them before a tribunal that passes out their lengthy prison sentences, with the option of a full pardon if they participate in a law enforcement training exercise called Punishment Park. The dissidents are required to cross a desert terrain under brutal conditions, with police teams aggressively pursuing them. The rising temperatures and so-cal"

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"Directed by: Peter Watkins Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game."