Wiseman’s influence on non-fiction cinema is impossible to overstate. Over the course of six decades, his work was primarily about exploring American institutions. The world of cinema has lost another giant. Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker and one of the greatest non-fiction directors, has died aged 96. His death was announced in a joint statement from the Wiseman family and Zipporah Films. “For nearly six decades, Frederick Wiseman created an unparalleled body of work, a sweeping cinematic record of contemporary social institutions and ordinary human experience primarily in the United States and France,” the statement read. “His films –...